Re: Deprecate the ppc405 boards in QEMU? (was: [PATCH v3 4/7] MAINTAINERS: Orphan obscure ppc platforms)

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 10/5/21 10:49, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 06:44:23AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:

>> I will look at it, please allow me a few weeks though.
> 
> Once something is deprecated, it remains in QEMU for a minimum of two
> release cycles, before being deleted. At any time in that deprecation
> period it can be returned to supported status, if someone provides a
> good enough justification to keep it.

My understanding is once being in deprecated state for 2 releases, it
can be removed, but it doesn't have to be removed (assuming it is
functional and nobody complains). Am I incorrect?

I am raising this because the nanoMIPS support is in deprecated state
since more than 2 releases, but it is still in-tree and I try to keep
it functional. However, since no toolchain reached mainstream GCC/LLVM
it is not easy to maintain. By keeping it in that state we give some
time to other communities to have their toolchain upstreamed / merged.

> IOW, we can deprecate this now, and you still have plenty of time to
> investigate more.

Yes, almost 8 months :)