Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Deprecation of python_version(), python_mod_exists(), python_tkinter_exists(), distutils_python_version() and distutils_python_tkinter() in EAPI <=2

[Petteri Räty]

On 03/04/2010 09:39 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010, Petteri Räty wrote:
>
>> If we decide allowing removal of functions, we should come up with a
>> common procedure like the eclass removal policy:
>> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-writing/index.html
>
> I think removal of functions is a special case of "Adding and Updating
> Eclasses" and we already have a policy for this.
>
> Ulrich
>

Removing functions needs a migration plan. For example how long to have
a warning there, how long before it can be removed etc. I don't see how
you can get those from the common policy?

Regards,
Petteri