The fact that many think of deprecate and eol as synonymous does not make it so. There is a distinction and it's an important one. Developers should not just on

The fact that many think of deprecate and eol as synonymous does not make it so. There is a distinction and it's an important one. Developers should not just one day drop a feature out of the blue. The deprecation rolloff period is important for users, even if just to maintain trust.