Enforce module deprecation.
After module has reached the end of it's deprecation cycle we will replace it with a docs stub.
* Replace deprecated modules with docs-only sub
* Use of deprecated past deprecation cycle gives meaningful message (see examples below)
* Enforce documentation.deprecation dict via `schema.py`
* Update `ansible-doc` and web docs to display documentation.deprecation
* Document that structure in `dev_guide`
* Ensure that all modules starting with `_` have a `deprecation:` block
* Ensure `deprecation:` block is only used on modules that start with `_`
* `removed_in` A string which represents when this module needs **deleting**
* CHANGELOG.md and porting_guide_2.5.rst list removed modules as well as alternatives
* CHANGELOG.md links to porting guide index
To ensure that meaningful messages are given to the user if they try to use a module at the end of it's deprecation cycle we enforce the module to contain:
```python
if __name__ == '__main__':
removed_module()
```
Changes to the metadata format were approved here:
https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/54
* Update documentation to the new metadata format
* Changes to metadata-tool to account for new metadata
* Add GPL license header
* Add upgrade subcommand to upgrade metadata version
* Change default metadata to the new format
* Fix exclusion of non-modules from the metadata report
* Fix ansible-doc for new module metadata
* Exclude metadata version from ansible-doc output
* Fix website docs generation for the new metadata
* Update metadata schema in valiate-modules test
* Update the metadata in all modules to the new version
* fix module doc fields
* More module docs corrections
* More module docs corrections
* More module docs corrections
* More module docs corrections
* correct aliases
* Review comments
* Must quote ':'
* More authors
* Use suboptions:
* restore type: bool
* type should be in the same place
* More tidyups
* authors
* Use suboptions
* revert
* remove duplicate author
* More issues post rebase
* Deprecate ec2_vpc module
The deprecation of ec2_vpc module has been discussed for
2 years and is causing duplication of effort as changes
are implemented for ec2_vpc rather than for the newer
alternatives
* Improve module deprecation documentation
Update the developing modules documentation with the latest
instructions on how to deprecate a module.
Alicia Cozine
Dag Wieers
John R Barker
Toshio Kuratomi
Matt Martz
Matt Clay
Will Thames
Will Thames