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

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 10/5/21 18:20, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 06:15:35PM +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> It should be removed after 2 releases. Things live longer because
> people forget or are busy with other things, but ultimately anything
> in the deprecated list is liable to be deleted at any point after
> the 2 release minimum is up.
> 
> If we change our minds about deleting something, then it should
> be un-deprecated.

Sigh. This is more work on me then.

>> 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.
> 
> If you're trying to keep it functional and aren't going to remove
> it, then it shouldn't be marked deprecated.

OK, I'll move it back to Odd-fixes.