On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 05:20:58PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 09/07/2020 17.10, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > > Hi, > > > > VXHS block device was added ~3y ago in commit da92c3ff60b (block/vxhs.c: > > Add support for a new block device type called "vxhs"), but it doesn't > > compile anymore, at least since v5.0 (I haven't checked earlier). > > > > The upstream repository (https://github.com/VeritasHyperScale/libqnio) > > hasn't received any update since then. > > > > What should we do about it? > > IMHO: Mark it as deprecated in docs/system/deprecated.rst, then remove > it in two releases if nobody shows up to maintain it.
If it doesn't even compile, do we even need to go through the full deprecation cycle ? I tend to feel like the release where it first fails to compile automatically starts the deprecation countdown. So depending on when it first bit-rotted, we could be justified in deleting it right away. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
