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On 8.7.2011 11.55, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Micha³ Górny wrote: |
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>>>> In [1] it is noted that the 'useq' and 'hasq' functions are |
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>>>> "Deprecated". If this is the case, do we think it would be |
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>>>> pertinent to have a repoman warning reminding people to switch to |
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>>>> 'use' and 'has' respectively? |
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>>> Sounds good. One thing we could consider in future EAPIs is starting |
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>>> to make deprecated functions die and then remove in the one after. |
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> And what would be the advantage of removing these functions? They have |
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> zero maintenance cost (as already stated previously, see below). |
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Making sure people don't use them and through that removing the need to |
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know what the two functions do from new people. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |
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