Re: discuss about commit 3b0f9ce: filter-mpath: get wwids from sysfs vpd_pg83

On Fri, 2023-11-17 at 16:03 -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:16:48PM -0600, David Teigland wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:57:35PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> > > > Yes, the devices file is intended to be a default feature of
> > > > lvm since the
> > > > commit above.
> > > 
> > > Could LVM issue a deprecation warning if DEFAULT_USE_DEVICES_FILE
> > > is set
> > > to 0 or system.devices is not set at runtime?
> > 
> > No, deprecated implies we're planning to remove it, which we
> > probably
> > never will.
> 
> Still, distros need to know that they should make the change.

I think David and Zdenek did not say distros _should_ make the change.
They can, but it requires substantial adaptations and testing.

Martin