On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:12 AM Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> wrote: > Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> writes: > > > This would be an envvar for which we do not commit to any level of > > support in future releases. > > Would the envvar be documented? Would it be a deprecated feature, with > a removal plan? It seems we traded removing [ef]grep into introducing > new unsupported features which feels a bit unsatisfying... > > How about saying that the envvar, together with all remaining traces of > [ef]grep references will be removed in 2025? > > The point with the excercise was (at least to me) to remove complexity, > but it seems we will have to wait some more until that can happen.
Hi Simon, I agree that adding temporary complexity (and then documenting/announcing it) to aid in the transition feels wrong. I'm still not sure, but if we were to add such things, they would most definitely come with a planned removal date, likely before 2025.
