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Subject: [bug#37908] [PATCH 0/2] Remove monolithic qt5 (and other unused
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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: 37908@debbugs.gnu.org, Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>

Hi Hartmut,

> Am 25.10.19 um 23:33 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s:
>
>>> Actually, we should probably depreciate it and mark it superseded by
>>> qtbase for a while.
>> Yeah, I think we should do that and remove in one or two months.  (We
>> can also use =E2=80=98define-deprecated=E2=80=99 for the variable itself=
, like I did for
>> =E2=80=98guile-json=E2=80=99, to make sure channel authors notice.)
>
> Okay for me.
>
> But I don't understand how to use=C2=A0 =E2=80=98define-deprecated=E2=80=
=99.

If you write:

  (define-deprecated qt qtbase qtbase)

then every user of variable =E2=80=98qt=E2=80=99 will get a warning saying =
that =E2=80=98qt=E2=80=99 is
deprecated and that they should use =E2=80=98qtbase=E2=80=99 instead; furth=
ermore, =E2=80=98qt=E2=80=99
will be an alias for =E2=80=98qtbase=E2=80=99 (which is maybe not a great i=
dea.)

HTH!

Ludo=E2=80=99.