[FEATURE REQUEST] Deprecate the ``__utils__`` dunder.
s0undt3ch opened this issue · comments
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The __utils__ dunder(salt loader) tries to provide easy access to Salt's utility modules.
Issues with this approach:
- Utility functions should not be available in dunders, they are utility functions.
- All utilities are compacted into
<module>.<funcname>, which does not recurse into submodules. - This kind of usage, is prone to memory leaks(because utilities were not coded to work within a salt loader context). See #62007 and #62021
Potential problems if we remove __utils__:
- Utility functions aren't available in jinja templating for salt states.
- They shouldn't, jinja uses it's own filters and Salt provides additional filters
Describe the solution you'd like
Completely remove support for __utils__
Describe alternatives you've considered
None.
If it's being removed in 3006 then it needs to be deprecated in 3005.
There's a SEP for this: saltstack/salt-enhancement-proposals#66
If it's being removed in 3006 then it needs to be deprecated in 3005.
The deprecation period, sadly, needs to be longer.