On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:35:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > I think that the patch is useful and that the distinction between > DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE options is quite clear: > > * DEPRECATED == new better code is available, old code scheduled for removal > > * OBSOLETE == no replacement yet but the code is broken by design > and unreliable, not scheduled for removal yet
Is that really the consensus on these definitions? I thought it was more or less the opposite: * DEPRECATED == no (complete) replacement available yet, but it has been decided that this code is less than optimal and alternatives should be preferred * OBSOLETE == replacement available, no reason to use this code anymore -- Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Ungeöffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe Rückseite)
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