deprecate repository

[ktdreyer]

Remove all the files in the repository and point users at the new Containerfile location.

[guits]

@ktdreyer I wonder if removing everything might be a bit too "aggressive" for now. Shouldn't we just update the README.md to inform people that the repository is deprecated and redirect them to the Containerfile location?

[ktdreyer]

The files will still be in the Git history. Removing the files makes it clear to users and contributors that developers are focused on the new area.

[travisn]

Why not just archive the repo so it's readonly? And how will they know where to find new development if the readme is even empty?

[guits]

And how will they know where to find new development if the readme is even empty?

Correct. Although I still think that removing everything is a bit aggressive, I would at least leave a comment in README.md to let users know what's happening.

[ktdreyer]

Whoops, sorry! I wrote a new README but I forgot to push it in this PR. I've amended and re-pushed. It can be a little difficult to read in this large GitHub diff, so I'll paste the README contents here:

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Containerfile has moved

This ceph-container GitHub repository is deprecated and read-only. The Ceph developers have moved all development to the Containerfile in the primary ceph GitHub repository:

• main: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/main/container/Containerfile

Older releases:

• squid: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/squid/container/Containerfile
• reef: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/squid/container/Containerfile
• quincy: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/quincy/container/Containerfile

Please make future contributions to these locations.

History

This repository originally held the first experiments of putting Ceph into container images. Later on, this repository held a variety of operating systems and versions in file snippets with a templating system. We have simplified this to a single flat Containerfile, one per Ceph release.

[ktdreyer]

@dmick , is this ready to merge now?

[dmick]

We should disable/delete the Jenkins jobs that use it first, probably. Working on that and the change to the third release "ceph" job to add the new container build

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[ktdreyer]

Now that ceph/ceph-build#2305 is done, @dmick is this read to merge?

[dmick]

I think so. I think ceph/ceph#60936 is too if I could get a review 😄