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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz>
  • Cc: "sm-commit AT lists.ibiblio.org" <sm-commit AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Arjan Bouter <abouter AT sourcemage.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Arjan Bouter (585505b8ae02d0dbcc62485e3195b587dec34057)
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:14:17 -0700

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:32:34 +0100
Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz> wrote:

>
> >> commit 09561cd788ad7489ea5090ed2281d2b8e14161f4
> >> Author: Arjan Bouter <abouter AT sourcemage.org>
> >> Commit: Arjan Bouter <abouter AT sourcemage.org>
> >>
> >> golem: deprecated, doesn't build anymore.
> >>
> >
> > If it no longer builds, we don't deprecate, but just remove. If you
> > deprecate, someone who has it installed when it last built will now
> > have it removed. :)
> >
> > -sandalle
> >
>
> Imho, users should be informed / warned that spell is deprecated /
> removed from the grimoire. There can be for example security issues
> and some users even don't know they have deprecated spell installed.
> Probably some file it grimoire root such as DEPRECATED with names of
> deprecated spells and some test during sorcery system-update (if one
> of gaze installed in DEPRECATED warn user: spell XXX is deprecated,
> source mage team don't care about it, you should remove it).

We do notify them, in ChangeLog. If they don't read the ChangeLog when
their grimoire gets updated, what makes you think they'll read some
DEPRECATED file? :)

-sandalle

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