Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Mark "gluster" support in QEMU as deprecated

According to https://marc.info/?l=fedora-devel-list&m=171934833215726 the GlusterFS development effectively ended. Thus mark it as deprecated in QEMU, so we can remove it in a future release if the project does not gain momentum again. Acked-by: Niels de Vos <ndevos(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; --- v2: Mark it as deprecated in the QAPI and print a warning once, too docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ qapi/block-core.json | 7 ++++++- block/gluster.c | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index ed31d4b0b2..b231aa3948 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -395,6 +395,15 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides a password via a file, or encrypted. +``gluster`` backend (since 9.2) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +According to https://marc.info/?l=fedora-devel-list&m=171934833215726 +the GlusterFS development effectively ended. Unless the development +gains momentum again, the QEMU project might remove the gluster backend +in a future release. + + Character device options '''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json index 9f6dd59298..cb7cb1c0ed 100644 --- a/qapi/block-core.json +++ b/qapi/block-core.json @@ -3187,12 +3187,17 @@ # # @snapshot-access: Since 7.0 # +# Features: +# +# @deprecated: Member @gluster is deprecated since GlusterFS ceased development

+# # Since: 2.9 ## { 'enum': 'BlockdevDriver', 'data': [ 'blkdebug', 'blklogwrites', 'blkreplay', 'blkverify', 'bochs', 'cloop', 'compress', 'copy-before-write', 'copy-on-read', 'dmg', - 'file', 'snapshot-access', 'ftp', 'ftps', 'gluster', + 'file', 'snapshot-access', 'ftp', 'ftps', + {'name': 'gluster', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] }, {'name': 'host_cdrom', 'if': 'HAVE_HOST_BLOCK_DEVICE' }, {'name': 'host_device', 'if': 'HAVE_HOST_BLOCK_DEVICE' }, 'http', 'https',