[parted-devel] Deprecation method

[Otavio Salvador]

leslie.polzer at gmx.net writes:

> On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 03:56:38PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>
>> We can't detect. Basically, we need to write a very clear announce
>> with a good documentation that warns the user about those changes and
>> make the compilation break. _IF_ we don't add the deprecation warning
>> and just change the API we ensure that user will need to review the
>> code and also read the porting doc. That could be a way to get it.
> We need to settle on something for this so I can start coding.
> My suggestion:
>
>   Shout out loud in the announcement for Parted 2.0 and in the lists
>   that developers need to adapt.

I like this one. Simple...

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