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173709089b1e9b4cfd893cb0e6adc035c3e98dc1 — Ludovic Courtès 7 months ago 5dfbbcb
doc: Add link to issues and pull requests with the ‘deprecation’ label.

* doc/contributing.texi (Deprecation Policy): Add note with link to
issues and pull requests with the ‘deprecation’ label.

Change-Id: If5e833e20c11796f961f48e086c54fdbb9155dd1
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M doc/contributing.texi
M doc/contributing.texi => doc/contributing.texi +7 -1
@@ 3369,7 3369,13 @@ it), it may be removed after a @b{one-month review period} of the patch
removing it (this applies even when the removal has additional
motivations such as security problems affecting the package).

If it has many dependent packages---as is the case for example with
@quotation Note
Learn about pending package removals by checking
@uref{https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues?labels=445131, issues and
pull requests with the @samp{deprecation} label}.
@end quotation

If the package has many dependent packages---as is the case for example with
Python version@tie{}2---the relevant team must propose a deprecation
removal agenda and seek consensus with other packagers for @b{at least
one month}.  It may also invite feedback from the broader user