Re: [PATCH v3] 9pfs: deprecate 'proxy' backend

[Christian Schoenebeck]

On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 5:28:33 PM CEST Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
[...]
> > > I'm fine with deprecating this. In terms of messaging wrt replacements,
> > > we should highlight both the 9p 'local' backend, and virtiofsd as the
> > > two alternatives. The latter is likely the better choice (on linux
> > > hosts) for many.
> > 
> > OK, I can add that to the deprecation doc, but you don't want that to be
> > added to all the runtime warnings as well, do you?
> 
> I'd suggest we could do mention it briefly as an option at rutime, eg
> 
> warn_report("'-virtfs proxy' is deprecated, use '-virtfs local' or virtiofs 
> instead");

I asked because with what Greg already suggested, it starts to become a long
runtime message, like:

  "'-fsdev proxy' and '-virtfs proxy' are deprecated, use 'local' instead of
   'proxy' or virtiofs"

And that's probably still ambiguous, becauses that might suggest people that
they could simply s/-virtfs proxy/-virtfs virtiofs/.

Low care rate on my end though.

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck