[Asterisk-Dev] removing depreciated code?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 07:44:38PM +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> >>asterisk cvs head still has lots of 'depreciated' code such as  
> >>striplsd/stripmsd, incominglimit in chan_sip etc etc etc. perhaps  
> >>it'll be a good idea to remove the depreciated code, including the  
> >>jump to +101 etc to get 1.2 clean and neat. less code is less bugs  
> >>and less bugs is a higher level of stability, and stability is  
> >>something asterisk really needs.
> >>
> >
> >Last time we talked about it, the plan is to start pulling all of  
> >this stuff out after 1.2.  In 1.2, deprecation warnings will be  
> >printed to the CLI when you use most of the deprecated  
> >applications.  We don't want to cause unnecessary headache for  
> >those trying to upgrade.  Another thing we don't want is more  
> >delays for releasing 1.2.
> 
> why do we need to hurry so much to get 1.2 released? 

Because there will always be newer features to merge in.

> IMHO, a more  
> stable 1.2 will be far better than an unstable one, even if that  
> means we need to wait another three months, or even six. Most likely  
> it won't make any difference for the people using asterisk in the  
> first place, since they  can stick to the betas or use 1.0. A rock  
> solid 1.2 would be very good for the asterisk project.

Great. I'm sure we will have 1.2.1 , 1.2.2 etc. Even if we will take 9
monthes or so now to try and stablize 1.2 .

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