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Deprecate the powervm driver
As with the vmwareapi driver back in Ussuri [1], our indications suggest that this driver is no longer maintained and may be abandonware. Start the deprecation timer for the driver. If we see signs of life, we can re-assess this decision. [1] Ie39e9605dc8cebff3795a29ea91dc08ee64a21eb Change-Id: Icdef0a03c3c6f56b08ec9685c6958d6917bc88cb
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nova/virt/powervm/driver.py

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Includes catching up with currently running VMs on the given host.
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LOG.warning(
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'The powervm virt driver is deprecated and may be removed in a '
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'future release. The driver is not tested by the OpenStack '
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'project nor does it have clear maintainers and thus its quality'
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'can not be ensured. If you are using the driver in production '
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'please let us know the openstack-discuss mailing list or on IRC'
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)
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# Build the adapter. May need to attempt the connection multiple times
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# in case the PowerVM management API service is starting.
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# TODO(efried): Implement async compute service enable/disable like
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deprecations:
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The powervm virt driver is deprecated and may be removed in a future
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release. The driver is not tested by the OpenStack project nor does it have
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clear maintainers and thus its quality can not be ensured.

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