ironic/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-mulitple-driver-interfaces-e42e4fa1c960f596.yaml
Julia Kreger 6ac1308050 Multiple driver related deprecations
An outcome of the Ironic 2024.1 PTG was that we would go ahead and
deprecate the ibmc, xclarity, and the wsman interfaces of the idrac
hardware type.

The forward path is Redfish, as evidenced by the idrac hardware
type having both wsman and redfish based interfaces available
for users to choose from.

These changes are being made by the Ironic team due to a lack of
recent upstream contact with any of the related driver maintainers.

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deprecations:
- |
The ``ibmc`` hardware type is deprecated due to a lack of upstream
communication, driver maintenance, and a recognition that the Redfish
hardware type likely works for the users at this point. This driver is
expected to be removed during the ``2024.2`` development cycle.
- The ``xclarity`` hardware type is deprecated due to a lack of upstream
communication, driver maintenance, and a recognition that the Redfish
hardware type is suitable for Lenovo hardware users moving forward.
This driver is expected to be removed during the ``2024.2`` development
cycle.
- The ``idrac-wsman`` interfaces on the ``idrac`` hardware type are
deprecated due to a lack of upstream communiation, and the decision of
the driver's maintainer in the past to move in to the direction of
using Redfish for driver interactions.
These driver interfaces are expected to be removed during the
``2024.2`` development cycle.
other:
- The classic ``ilo`` hardware types may be deprecated in the future for
removal or major changes, however our last communication with the
maintainers as of the ``2024.1`` Project Teams Gathering sessions
indiated they were still working to determine their own forward
path with a strong emphasis on the use of Redfish.