On Tue, 2018-10-30 at 10:22 +0100, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:08 AM Robert Munteanu <romb...@apache.org> > wrote: > > ...My personal opinion is that an interface with half of its > > methods > > deprecated is confusing and should not be used.... > > I agree, and we might use the following trick to avoid that with > minimal disruption: > > -Consider the current interface "Legacy" that needs half of its > methods deprecated > -Move the non-deprecated methods to a new "Modern" interface > -Legacy inherits from Modern > > Existing clients can then use Legacy with no change. > New clients move to Modern, to make it clear that they don't want to > use legacy stuff. > Mark the whole Legacy interface as deprecated, recommend moving to > Modern > Existing services are explicitly registered as both Modern and > Legacy. > > No need to redesign things, just move them around. > > WDYT?
+1, sounds like a good approach to me. Robert
