deprecation message std.process.system=>executeShell often not what's needed

[Timothee Cour via Digitalmars-d]

The deprecation message in 2.066(rc): 'Deprecation: function
std.process.system is deprecated - Please use executeShell instead' is
often not what user wants.

The behavior of the deprecated std.process should most closely be:

int systemNew(in char[] args){
auto pipes = pipeShell(args, cast(Redirect)0);
return wait(pipes.pid);
}

which could be a function in std.process if we deprecate std.process.system
(possibly with a few extra parameters such as environment etc).

Indeed, system doesn't capture output (which could potentially require lots
of memory), and doesn't wait until completion, unlike executeShell.
To make a user's code upgrade from std.process, he most likely will want
something like systemNew instead.
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