Justin posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:28:49 +0200 as excerpted:
> + case ${EAPI:-0} in
> + 0|1|2|3)
> + eqawarn "The fortran-2.eclass is going to deprecate support
^^^^^^^^^^^
That reads strange to me. Deprecated doesn't mean it no longer works; it
means it's declared obsolete and recommended against but it still works
for now, thus giving users a time to migrate.[1]
So "is going to deprecate" seems strange. It should be "has deprecated",
or rewording a bit more "support is deprecated for" or the like. Because
by the time someone's actually reading that output, the warning is
already there; the deprecation has already happened.
Alternatively, keep the future tense and say "will be removed" or some
such, or use a hybrid, "support is deprecated and will be removed".
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[1] deprecate/deprecation online references:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deprecate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deprecate
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:deprecate
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