Baloney. This is proper release management planning. People keep complaining that React is too big and needs to shrink down. They're planning to help address

Baloney. This is proper release management planning. People keep complaining that React is too big and needs to shrink down. They're planning to help address those complaints by removing pieces they no longer intend to maintain, or are not the primary usage going forward. So, they're putting out a minor release that will warn people these pieces are being removed, and then they'll be removed in the upcoming major release. Seems like the right approach to me.