+1 to max(1 release, 90 days) On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@apache.org> wrote:
> I'd propose the following: fields will be removed no less than 90 days and > 1 release after they have been deprecated. This might be a little bit > conservative w.r.t to days, so feel free to push back if you think, e.g., > 60 days is more reasonable. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Bill Farner <wfar...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Sounds reasonable. Can you firm up the proposal and apply numbers? > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > This came up briefly last week, and we also discussed in the IRC > meeting > > > today. Given the increased release cadence, I think we would benefit > from > > > moving from release-based deprecation to time-based. That is to say, > > > instead of deprecating in release X and removing release X+1, we would > > > deprecate in release X and remove no less than N later and at least M > > > releases later. > > > > > > General consensus in the IRC meeting was in favor, however I wanted to > > > start a thread to discuss to gather additional feedback and if everyone > > is > > > in agreement, then we can solidify the actual details on what the new > > > deprecation policy should be. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Joshua > > > > > >
