Deprecation schedule

bearophile bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
Fri Nov 26 11:27:03 PST 2010


Andrei:

> T0: documentation marked as "scheduled for deprecation".
> T1: Function is deprecated and documentation updated to mention "has 
> been deprecated"
> T2: Function is eliminated
> 
> Question is, what are some good values for T1 - T0 and T2 - T1?

T0 = T1 = 0 seconds
T2 = 2 months (2 releases)

One year from now, in a similar situation:
T0 = 0 seconds, documentation marked as "scheduled for deprecation in next release".
T1 = 1 release (1 month)
T2 = 3-6 releases (3 - 6 months)

Bye,
bearophile


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