Merge branch 'gitaly-remove-election-strategy' into 'master'

Gitaly remove election strategy

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!80546

data/deprecations/14-8-gitaly-remove-per-repository-election.yml

+- name: "Configurable Gitaly `per_repository` election strategy"  # The name of the feature to be deprecated
+  announcement_milestone: "14.8"  # The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated.
+  announcement_date: "2022-02-22"  # The date of the milestone release when this feature was first announced as deprecated. This should almost always be the 22nd of a month (YYYY-MM-22), unless you did an out of band blog post.
+  removal_milestone: "14.9"  # The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed
+  removal_date:  "2022-03-22" # The date of the milestone release when this feature is planned to be removed. This should almost always be the 22nd of a month (YYYY-MM-22), unless you did an out of band blog post.
+  breaking_change: false  # If this deprecation is a breaking change, set this value to true
+  reporter: mjwood  # GitLab username of the person reporting the deprecation
+  body: |  # Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below.
+   Configuring the `per_repository` Gitaly election strategy is [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352612).
+   `per_repository` has been the only option since GitLab 14.0.
+
+   This change is part of regular maintenance to keep our codebase clean.
+# The following items are not published on the docs page, but may be used in the future.
+  stage:  # (optional - may be required in the future) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth
+  tiers:  # (optional - may be required in the future) An array of tiers that the feature is available in currently.  e.g., [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
+  issue_url: "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352612" # (optional) This is a link to the deprecation issue in GitLab
+  documentation_url:  # (optional) This is a link to the current documentation page
+  image_url:  # (optional) This is a link to a thumbnail image depicting the feature
+  video_url:  # (optional) Use the youtube thumbnail URL with the structure of https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNIQUEID/hqdefault.jpg

doc/update/deprecations.md

@@ -727,6 +727,15 @@ The `merged_by` field in the [merge request API](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/
 
 ## 14.8
 
+### Configurable Gitaly `per_repository` election strategy
+
+Configuring the `per_repository` Gitaly election strategy is [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352612).
+`per_repository` has been the only option since GitLab 14.0.
+
+This change is part of regular maintenance to keep our codebase clean.
+
+**Planned removal milestone: 14.9 (2022-03-22)**
+
 ### Container Network and Host Security
 
 WARNING: