The reason I deleted both was because they both depend on the vulnerable
jar iControl, for which there is no update.

On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:35 AM Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>
wrote:

> I think there are two plugins in question. What you've advised makes sense
> for F5, I'm not sure if SRX plugin is already removed from the build
> system. Nevertheless, if there are no objections then you may execute your
> proposal as the RM.
>
>
> Regards.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2022 22:03
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Cc: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL][4.19] remove juniper plugins F5 and SRX
>
> the plugin is already removed in the latest release, so I think this is a
> special case Rohit. It makes no sense to start deprecating now, it has been
> dysfunctional for more than half a year already. My proposal is to remove
> the code in 4.18, as the plugin is effectively already removed.
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 8:47 AM Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We've done this in the past which usually would be to deprecate the
> > component in a release and then remove that in subsequent releases, to
> not
> > surprise our users to give enough time for the community to object or
> > respond.
> >
> > I think we can start by deprecating them in 4.18, i.e. put in the release
> > notes (about) page to publish the information and intent to remove in
> > future releases. If there are no objections, then in the next LTS (4.19)
> > this can be removed from the source code and a removal notice is put in
> the
> > release notes.
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 18:39
> > To: dev <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>; users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL][4.19] remove juniper plugins F5 and SRX
> >
> > LS,
> > Since 4.17 the inclusion of the iControl jar has been disabled because of
> > unresolved security issues. This leaves the SRX and F5 plugins rendered
> > useless. I created a PR [1] to remove them and propose to merge this
> before
> > 4.18.
> > Please, review if you feel this is needed and/or propose alternative
> > solutions if you have any.
> >
> > My idea is to leave this open expecting lazy consent for at least a week
> > into the new year.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/7023
> >
> > --
> > Daan
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Daan
>
>
>
>

-- 
Daan

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