[master] Initial purge of community extensions

[dwoz]

What does this PR do?

Initial purge of community extensions for 3008

#65970

Merge requirements satisfied?

[NOTICE] Bug fixes or features added to Salt require tests.

• Docs
• Changelog - https://docs.saltproject.io/en/master/topics/development/changelog.html
• Tests written/updated

[max-arnold]

Things that seem useful to keep in core (esp. sqlite modules, nacl modules, pkg runner, aptpkg/denconfmod states, rsync state):

engines:
stalekey.py <============== Useful for Cloud environments where minions come and go

modules:
smtp

output:
profile

pillar:
cmd_yaml <===============
cmd_json <==============
http_yaml
http_json
nacl
sqlite3 <===============

queues:
pgjsonb_queue
sqlite_queue <================

renderers:
pydsl

returners:
smtp_return
sqlite3_return <===================

runners:
nacl
pkg <===================
thin <???????? Salt-ssh?

sdb:
cache
rest
sqlite3 <===============

serializers:
keyvalue

states:
aptpkg <===================
debconfmod <==============
ethtool
kernelpkg
rsync <==================
smtp
sqlite3 <==================
xml

Alternatively, what is the process to get them back into core, if there is a significant demand?

[dwoz]

Alternatively, what is the process to get them back into core, if there is a significant demand?

At this point it's very unlikely that anything removed by this PR will get added back in. If there is anything out of this list that is useful then there should be sufficient enough motivation for someone other than the core team to maintain a salt extension. Even if something is deemed to be worth of being supported further by the core team. We'd make an extension rather than adding it back into Salt. The one outlier I can think of would be we find a significant bug caused by something that has been removed.

[thatch45]

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[KartikShrikantHegde]

Hi @dwoz , what would be the tentative timeline for 3008 release?