Well, Java seems to have a policy of waiting at least 10 years, if ever….
Seriously, I don’t think 1 minor release is enough as that might very well be the next release. I’d say 2 minor releases and at least 6 months. Ralph > On Sep 1, 2016, at 1:42 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that when you add a builder and deprecate the factory, you should > remove it in the next 2.x release. Otherwise, deprecation has no point if > there's no version with the deprecation specified. > > On 1 September 2016 at 13:40, Gary Gregory <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi, > > When can we delete factory methods that are deprecated by builders? > > Gary > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com <http://garygregory.wordpress.com/> > Home: http://garygregory.com/ <http://garygregory.com/> > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory <http://twitter.com/GaryGregory> > > > -- > Matt Sicker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
