* Daniel P. Berrangé (berra...@redhat.com) wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:13:19PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > * Daniel P. Berrangé (berra...@redhat.com) wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:50:40PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) > > > wrote: > > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com> > > > > > > > > There's a nice new Rust implementation out there; recommend people > > > > do new work on that. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com> > > > > --- > > > > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > > index 47a594a3b6..3a0e15f8f5 100644 > > > > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > > > @@ -454,3 +454,17 @@ nanoMIPS ISA > > > > > > > > The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler > > > > toolchain. > > > > As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated. > > > > + > > > > +Tools > > > > +----- > > > > + > > > > +virtiofsd > > > > +''''''''' > > > > + > > > > +There is a new Rust implementation of ``virtiofs`` at > > > > +``https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd``; > > > > +since this is now marked stable, new development should be done on that > > > > +rather than the existing C version in the QEMU tree. > > > > +The C version will still accept fixes and patches that > > > > +are already in development for the moment. > > > > > > Just to be clear, 'deprecation' is usually expected to turn into > > > 'deletion' a minimum of 2 releases later. We are targetting the > > > C virtiofsd to be deleted, right ? The last sentance here gives > > > vibes that we're expecting it to stick around despite deprecation. > > > > I am targeting it to be deleted, but I'm expecting to give it a bit > > more time than 2 releases; how do I do that? > > You can forget to remove it after 2 releases, which is what > happens with many deprecations :-) '2' is really just the > minimum bar in practice.
OK, I can remember to forget. Dave > 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 :| > -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilb...@redhat.com / Manchester, UK _______________________________________________ Virtio-fs mailing list Virtio-fs@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs