[ovs-dev] [PATCH] vlog: deprecate --syslog-target argument

[Ansis Atteka]

On 18 September 2015 at 15:35, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:29:30PM -0700, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> > Commit fe089c0d1e18 ("vlog: abstract out interface to syslog daemon")
> > introduced --syslog-method flag that supersedes --syslog-target flag by:
> > 1. making logging format configurable
> > 2. letting daemon to also talk over UNIX domain socket (this is handy
> >    when local rsyslog daemon is running in different network namespace
> >    on the same host)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka <aatteka at nicira.com>
> > ---
> >  NEWS       |  1 +
> >  lib/vlog.c | 10 ++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index ca22c8e..8bdaf3e 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Post-v2.4.0
> >       targets to run a new system testsuite.  These tests can be run
> inside
> >       a Vagrant box.  See INSTALL.md for details
> >     - Dropped support for GRE64 tunnel.
> > +   - Mark --syslog-target argument as deprecated.
>
> In the past when we've deprecated features we've also given a date after
> which we might remove the feature.  It's usually 6 to 12 months out.  Do
> you want to do that here?
>

> Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
>
I will mark this as "to be removed in 6 months" and push.

Do you think that we should have a sentence or two in CONTRIBUTING.md file
about "feature deprecation guidelines"? If so I can try to write this up.




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