2014-06-23 22:53, Richardson, Bruce: > As for the #define, it's a quick fix, except that we end up having to keep > it forever as the code using the function will never get changed to use > rte_snprintf. Given it's just a one-line macro, it's probably not a big > deal in this case, but I'd rather see us take the approach that after > something has been flagged as deprecated for a certain amount of time e.g. > 1 to 2 full release cycles, it is removed completely and deleted. Otherwise > I worry about us having to maintain a bunch of stuff for legacy reasons, > that really should be got rid of. We should not just remove something > completely in a single release, but I think we need to have a way to remove > things completely once the user has been given sufficient warning.
I agree. -- Thomas
