[perl #46503] [TODO] Remove individual runcore command line flags...

Will Coleda via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Wed Feb 11 19:42:59 UTC 2009


On Fri Oct 19 17:20:38 2007, particle wrote:
> i've added -R, --runcore options to parrot in r22284, with 
documentation
> and tests. see C<parrot --help> and C<perldoc docs/running.pod> for 
details.
> 
> next we need to decide what to do about the old options. when do we
> deprecate them? how do we migrate to the new syntax? etc. if you have
> ideas, let them be known by replying here.
> 
> i suggest we migrate all existing code to the new options at once, and
> mark the old options as deprecated. however, i'd like to see the old
> options stay around for a while, perhaps with a runtime warning after
> the 0.5.0 release, a fatal error after 0.6.0, and removal in 0.7.0.
> those  last two release numbers are flexible.
> 
> your thoughts?
> ~jerry

Adding as a DEPRECATION item so we can rip these out before 1.0
-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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