RFC: reduce number of alias parameters

[Björn JACKE]

On 2018-01-10 at 17:57 +0100 Stefan Metzmacher via samba-technical sent off:
> Just something like this:
> 
> diff --git a/lib/param/loadparm.c b/lib/param/loadparm.c
> index a18407d..4fbac7a 100644
> --- a/lib/param/loadparm.c
> +++ b/lib/param/loadparm.c
> @@ -1823,6 +1823,11 @@ bool lpcfg_do_global_parameter(struct
> loadparm_context *lp_ctx,
>                           pszParmName));
>         }
> 
> +       if (parm_table[parmnum].flags & FLAG_SYNONYM) {
> +               DEBUG(1, ("WARNING: The \"%s\" alias option is
> deprecated\n",
> +                         pszParmName));
> +       }
> +
>         parm_ptr = lpcfg_parm_ptr(lp_ctx, NULL, &parm_table[parmnum]);
> 
>         return set_variable(lp_ctx->globals->ctx, NULL, parmnum, parm_ptr,

ah, this is the confusion. The intention was not to deprecate *all* alias
parameters, only those dedicated ones listed in the if statements. And
deprecating aliases is not possible without doing it manually currently.
Deprecating all aliases was at least not what I proposed initially. Anyway, I
would also agree going that way and getting rid of all alias parameters for
the upcoming 4.8 release.

Björn
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