Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:49:13 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Martin Wilke <miwi.fbsd@gmail.com>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, "svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.org" <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.org" <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r407270 - head/ports-mgmt/portmaster Message-ID: <56A88489.5020507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20160127084230.GA28230@FreeBSD.org> References: <201601261123.u0QBNcvL091258@repo.freebsd.org> <CAFY%2ByEkOv9-JaJv45WF-GzTxOiFh6k8sZ4rysUS5xTZs=rWNrA@mail.gmail.com> <56A86CAD.7030507@marino.st> <56A8747E.5080703@FreeBSD.org> <20160127081700.GA20812@FreeBSD.org> <56A87FCE.6080305@FreeBSD.org> <20160127084230.GA28230@FreeBSD.org>
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On 27/01/2016 7:42 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 07:29:02PM +1100, Kubilay Kocak wrote: >> On 27/01/2016 7:17 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 06:40:46PM +1100, Kubilay Kocak wrote: >>>> Given what the term 'deprecated' implies, I would use a pre-everything: >>>> message instead. >>> >>> That's a good idea actually. >> >> It would be nice to have something framework'ey that is less loaded than >> DEPRECATED, but more specific and consistent than your standard ECHO_MSG >> or pkg-message. Like CAUTION/ALERT/WARNING/INFORMATIONAL or similar. > > Personally I don't think that DEPRECATED is *that* loaded. IMHO it works > quite fine for cases like this one, and no, it should not imply expiration > date. But perhaps there is warrant for CAUTION/ALERT/WARNING/INFORMATION > or similar indeed. Neither do I. However, while *we* might grok it's non-specific nature, but I'll bet you $100 that the vast majority of software users (not just of FreeBSD) would go by the dictionary definition, or some equivalent of it: 3. Computers: To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out. DEPRECATED's non specific nature is kind of what I was getting at, and why I think there's room for something better. > ./danfe >
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