From f3693db5ee4e361eb3c2014fd5e55b8a0bba16cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Kajinami <tkajinam@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 08:23:53 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate Windows support

Unfortunately the Winstackers project has been retired because of no
maintainers[1][2], and OpenStack on Windows host is no longer
maintained.

[1] https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2022-November/031044.html
[2] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/governance/+/886880

Change-Id: I4ad06af023fb4812dc9c6a15a23c5e85ef6cce8d
---
 oslo_log/_options.py                                         | 2 ++
 .../notes/deprecate-windows-support-75e6ac72310d5e72.yaml    | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-support-75e6ac72310d5e72.yaml

diff --git a/oslo_log/_options.py b/oslo_log/_options.py
index b1917fb8..34af4abc 100644
--- a/oslo_log/_options.py
+++ b/oslo_log/_options.py
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ generic_log_opts = [
                      + _IGNORE_MESSAGE),
     cfg.BoolOpt('use_eventlog',
                 default=False,
+                deprecated_for_removal=True,
+                deprecated_reason='Windows support is no longer maintained.',
                 help='Log output to Windows Event Log.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('log_rotate_interval',
                default=1,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-support-75e6ac72310d5e72.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-support-75e6ac72310d5e72.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35c17e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-windows-support-75e6ac72310d5e72.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Windows support has been deprecated, because of the retiremenet of
+    the Winstackers project.