GNU bug report logs - #61829
[PATCH 00/11] Purge pre-1.3.0 deprecated procedures & variables.

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
Cc: 61829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#61829] [PATCH 00/11] Purge pre-1.3.0 deprecated procedures & variables.
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:29:23 +0100

Hi,

Bruno Victal <mirai <at> 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’.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.