Lexicon

Gradual Deprecation

Kind: technique

Layer: Contracts Core

Record: lexicon:gradual-deprecation

Canonical: Lexicon

A technique for announcing a removal with a date, warning the consumers still using it, and removing it after the date.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Compatibility Adapter and before Migration Guide.

Category

  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility

Refactors

  • Unversioned Breaking Change
  • Stable Interfaces
  • Backward Compatibility

Linked from

  • Anti-patterns
  • Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility