Deprecate and remove SelfLink

[wojtek-t]

Enhancement Description

• One-line enhancement description (can be used as a release note): Deprecate and remove SelfLink fields
• Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal: KEP
• Primary contact (assignee): wojtek-t
• Responsible SIGs: sig-apimachinery, sig-scalability
• Enhancement target (which target equals to which milestone):
  • Alpha release target (1.16)
  • Beta release target (1.20)
  • Stable release target (1.24)

Please to keep this description up to date. This will help the Enhancement Team track efficiently the evolution of the enhancement

[sethmccombs]

Hey @wojtek-t

I'm one of the v1.16 docs shadows.
Does this enhancement (or the work planned for v1.16) require any new docs (or modifications to existing docs)? If not, can you please update the 1.16 Enhancement Tracker Sheet (or let me know and I’ll do so)

If so, just a friendly reminder we're looking for a PR against k/website (branch dev-1.16) due by Friday, August 23rd, it can just be a placeholder PR at this time. Let me know if you have any questions!

[wojtek-t]

It will require some updates in the existing doc - I will open a PR closer to the time.

[kacole2]

@wojtek-t code freeze for 1.16 is on Thursday 8/29. Are there any outstanding k/k PRs that still need to be merged for this to go Alpha? Looks like kubernetes/kubernetes#80978 is merged. Thanks for tagging that.

[wojtek-t]

Yes - everything required is merged.

[mrbobbytables]

Hey there @wojtek-t -- 1.17 Enhancements lead here. I know the plan is to follow the deprecation policy and target the 1.20/1.21 release for future work, but I just wanted to confirm it for tracking purposes 👍

Thanks!

/milestone clear