virt-image: Print warning that it is planned for removal

man/virt-image.pod

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ B<virt-image> [OPTION]... IMAGE.XML
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+
+WARNING: B<virt-image> is planned for removal in the near future. If you are depending on this tool, please contact the developers at virt-tools-list@redhat.com
+
+
 B<virt-image> is a command line tool for creating virtual machines from an
 XML image descriptor C<IMAGE.XML> (L<virt-image(5)>). Most attributes of
 the virtual machine are taken from the XML descriptor (e.g., where the

virt-image

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 # MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
 import argparse
+import logging
+import os
 import sys
+import time
 
 import urlgrabber.progress as progress
 
@@ -95,7 +98,6 @@ def main(conn=None):
             fail(_("The index for --boot must be between 0 and %d") %
                  (nboots - 1))
 
-
     # Build the Installer instance
     installer = virtimage.ImageInstaller(conn, image, boot_index=options.boot)
     guest = conn.caps.build_virtinst_guest(conn, *installer.get_caps_guest())
@@ -125,6 +127,15 @@ def main(conn=None):
 
     guest.add_default_devices()
 
+    msg = _("\nvirt-image is planned for removal in the near future. "
+        "If you are depending on this tool, please contact the developers "
+        "at virt-tools-list@redhat.com\n")
+    logging.warning(msg)
+    if "VIRTINST_TEST_SUITE" not in os.environ:
+        if options.quiet:
+            print msg
+        time.sleep(3)
+
     # we've got everything -- try to start the install
     if options.xmlonly:
         start_xml, final_xml = guest.start_install(return_xml=True)