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[v3,13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=`

Message ID 20210722071236.139520-14-ma.mandourr@gmail.com
State New
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Series new plugin argument passing scheme | expand

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Mahmoud Abumandour July 22, 2021, 7:12 a.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
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 docs/system/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index e2e0090878..7ae6f1f727 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@  other options have been processed.  This will either have no effect (if
 if they were not given.  The property is therefore useless and should not be
 specified.
 
+Plugin argument passing through ``arg=<string>`` (since 6.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Passing TCG plugins arguments through ``arg=`` is redundant is makes the
+command-line less readable, especially when the argument itself consist of a
+name and a value, e.g. ``-plugin plugin_name,arg="arg_name=arg_value"``.
+Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is redundant.
 
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