Re: Lifetime and Documenting of LDAP_DEPRECATED, outside ldap.h

["Gavin Henry" <ghenry@suretecsystems.com>]

<quote who="Gavin Henry">
> Dear All,
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> We've been working on some LDAP client code for other Open Source projects
> and most of them, as well as Linux Distros define LDAP_DEPRECATED to keep
> the code working etc., as they haven't been updated for the new libs.
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> Is there a date set that LDAP_DEPRECATED will not be supported anymore?
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> And should we (docs team) put something on Faq-O-Matic (devel section), or
> in the new devel guide (once an outline/template has been put in place)
> that presents the "Best Practice" for updating their code?
>
> Or should we leave it up to them to read over ldap.h, as Kurt put:
>
> /* deprecated, please use foobar function */
>
> in it.
>
> Thoughts?

I guess it was a stupid question, or more likely everyone is way too busy
just now.

Gavin.

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> Thanks,
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> Gavin.
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