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Is anyone else bothered by the use of "deprecating" to mean "removing"? Historically, deprecated features are ones that still exist, but their use is discourage

by kens 7y ago

Is anyone else bothered by the use of "deprecating" to mean "removing"? Historically, deprecated features are ones that still exist, but their use is discouraged.

larzang 7y ago
And it does still exist, until November. Deprecation is a transition period, instead of just removal without warning, but without future scheduled removal then deprecation would serve no purpose.