Posted by Wayne on 12/21/05 01:47

On 20 Dec 2005 23:45:13 GMT, "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>
wrote:


>> But by that argument, deprecated features would never ever get
>> removed, and so rendering the term "deprecated" redundant.
>
>How do you figure? There has be a review of the benefits versus
>detriments.

Obviously the review has already been done on depreciated elements
hence why they are depreciated. If there is no reason to remove them
at all, they wouldn't be depreciated!

>Conversely, if all deprecated elements are removed
>immediately, there's also no need for the term.

Agreed. Depreciated is the stage before the item is to be removed --
to give everyone time to stop using it (and to prevent new people from
using it). Once you've given everyone enough time to stop using it,
you remove it. I don't see the problem here.

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