Re: [sage-devel] Deprecate or just remove

2015-04-14 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
There are a lot of questions in that one post... I certainly don't think that the 1-year deprecation rule is an absolute rule. 1) Fixing bugs doesn't require deprecation. 2) Obscure code which isn't documented (except perhaps in the function/class itself), is not used in the Sage library, wh

[sage-devel] Deprecate or just remove

2015-04-14 Thread martin . vgagern
Hi! The deprecation guideline reads: “Before removing any functionality, you should keep a deprecation warning in place for at least one year (if possible).” To me, “any functionality” means just that: any functionality,