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[bug#61829] [PATCH 00/11] Purge pre-1.3.0 deprecated procedures & variab
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
[bug#61829] [PATCH 00/11] Purge pre-1.3.0 deprecated procedures & variables. |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:29:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> skribis:
> The idea is to shed pre-1.3.0 deprecated code from Guix to reduce the
> overall maintenance burden. Given the age of the release and the warnings, I
> assume
> most users/maintainers would have taken notice and applied updates.
> (no actual package definitions have been removed, only their old aliases)
I agree: the whole point of deprecation warnings is to communicate to
users the eventual removal of a symbol or functionality. I think it’s
more efficient than emails to info-guix in that regard.
The project has yet to define a clear deprecation policy, and I hope
maintainers can spearhead such an effort. In the meantime, removing
things that have been deprecated for 22+ months in this case sounds
reasonable to me.
Ludo’.