18 ms·Because supposedly people will report bugs for them and someone will need to fix them.by ciupicri 4y agoBecause supposedly people will report bugs for them and someone will need to fix them.xigoi 4y ago“Sorry, we don't fix bugs in deprecated code. Closed.”scott_s 4y ago“Deprecated” usually implies intent to remove. Regardless, even dealing with such rejections is a support burden. And security vulnerabilities will tend to be fixed, even in deprecated code.