Hi all!
At the ArchCom RFC meeting on Wednesday [E412], we will talk about defining an
official deprecation policy [T146965][DP].
I think it would be quite useful to discuss the different modes and methods of
deprecation we have, and what they mean for MediaWiki core, and for extension
developers.
To me, one of the interesting questions is what happens if a deprecated function
is still used in an extension that is not actively maintained. We can provide a
patch - but who can review it? And if nobody reviews it, can we still remove the
deprecated method?
The meeting will be at the usual time (Wednesday 21 UTC, 14 PDT, 23 CET)
and place (#wikimedia-office). For an overview of ArchCom activity, see
[ArchComStatus].
-- Daniel
[E412]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E412>
[T146965]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146965>
[DP]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Deprecation_policy>
[ArchComStatus]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ArchComStatus>
--
Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer
Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.