Re: Is VXHS actually maintained?

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

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
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