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

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 15:24:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > 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. Shouldn't also the 'gluster' enum entry of 'BlockdevDriver' (qapi/block-core.json) be marked as deprecated?