Deprecate IcingaStatusWriter feature

fixes #8741

doc/6-object-types.md

@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ Configuration Attributes:
 
 ## <a id="objecttype-icingastatuswriter"></a> IcingaStatusWriter
 
+> **Note**
+>
+> This feature was deprecated in 2.4 and will be removed in future releases.
+
 The IcingaStatusWriter feature periodically dumps the current status
 and performance data from Icinga 2 and all registered features into
 a defined JSON file.

etc/icinga2/features-available/icingastatus.conf

@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
  * all registered features into a defined JSON file.
  */
 
+/* NOTE: This feature was deprecated in 2.4 and will be removed in future releases. */
+
 object IcingaStatusWriter "icinga-status" { }
 

lib/icinga/icingastatuswriter.cpp

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ void IcingaStatusWriter::Start(void)
 {
 	ObjectImpl<IcingaStatusWriter>::Start();
 
+	/* TODO: remove in versions > 2.4 */
+	Log(LogWarning, "IcingaStatusWriter", "This feature was deprecated in 2.4 and will be removed in future Icinga 2 releases.");
+
 	m_StatusTimer = new Timer();
 	m_StatusTimer->SetInterval(GetUpdateInterval());
 	m_StatusTimer->OnTimerExpired.connect(boost::bind(&IcingaStatusWriter::StatusTimerHandler, this));