[ovirt-devel] [RFC] Communicating within the community [was Re: [ovirt-users] I wrote an oVirt thing]

[Yaniv Kaul]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Sven Kieske <s.kieske at mittwald.de> wrote:

> On 29/11/16 15:54, Martin Sivak wrote:
> > I actually checked the oVirt 4.0.0 and 4.0.5 release notes and I do
> > not see anything mentioning ovirt-cli or REST v3 deprecation. This
> > will (removal of RESTv3 support) affect the optimizer and quite
> > possibly even hosted engine setup.
>
> Hi,
>
> this seems to indicate that even core ovirt devs do not
> know about every feature which gets deprecated.
>
> Maybe this could be solved by sandro's suggestion
> to at least create an BZ for each deprecation.
>

Makes sense, even as a Tracker BZ, because there's the work to remove the
code, and it might be in several components, as well as Documentation.
Y.


> I would agree with that, but also like to propose
> an alternative way, because at the stage of bug creation
> the deprecation is already set in stone and can't be discussed further
> (I fear).
>
> So my proposal would be to mail to the devel list at least
> the proposal: "I/we want to get rid of feature/implementation X, use Z
> instead".
>
> This would give developers and users enough time to engage with the
> community, replacing dependencies or start a discussion if removal can't
> be done later.
>
> A clear deprecation guideline would also be helpful, I guess.
>
> Something like: Features will get marked as deprecated in release X.Y
> and removed in X.Y+2 (or whatever number you might chose).
>
> This would allow for much better preparation in the community and lead
> to less unpleasant surprises.
>
> HTH & keep up the good work!
>
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>
> Sven Kieske
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