Deprecation period (was Re: [Zope3-dev] BBB and Deprecation Warnings)

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Thu Jan 5 14:32:41 EST 2006


Benji York wrote at 2006-1-4 14:22 -0500:
>Dieter Maurer wrote:
>> Jim Fulton wrote at 2006-1-3 14:41 -0500:
>>>I think 12 months is a bit short.  I don't think the backward-compatibility code
>>>is that burdonsome, once written.  What do other folks think?
>> 
>> If the backward compatibility period gets shorter,
>> we will skip more and more releases because of the increased burden
>> to get our applications running again...
>
>Does that mean that you think 12 months is too short, just right, or 
>nearly too short?

I answer here as a user (of the Zope[3] framework)
not as a (framework) developper.

As a user, I prefer the deprecation period to be as long as possible.

I cannot dictate the developpers what deprecation period they
choose but I can refrain to upgrade.

-- 
Dieter


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