Re: Is VXHS actually maintained?

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 7/9/20 5:20 PM, 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.

Considering "it doesn't compile anymore", 2 releases is generous :)