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Justin posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:28:49 +0200 as excerpted: |
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> + case ${EAPI:-0} in |
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> + 0|1|2|3) |
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> + eqawarn "The fortran-2.eclass is going to deprecate support |
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^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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That reads strange to me. Deprecated doesn't mean it no longer works; it |
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means it's declared obsolete and recommended against but it still works |
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for now, thus giving users a time to migrate.[1] |
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So "is going to deprecate" seems strange. It should be "has deprecated", |
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or rewording a bit more "support is deprecated for" or the like. Because |
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by the time someone's actually reading that output, the warning is |
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already there; the deprecation has already happened. |
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Alternatively, keep the future tense and say "will be removed" or some |
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such, or use a hybrid, "support is deprecated and will be removed". |
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[1] deprecate/deprecation online references: |
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deprecate |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deprecate |
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http://www.google.com/search?q=define:deprecate |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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