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Bug 1151 - Positive statements for non applicability of depreaction
Summary: Positive statements for non applicability of depreaction
Status: RESOLVED REMIND
Alias: None
Product: QA
Classification: Unclassified
Component: QASpec-GL (show other bugs)
Version: LC-2004-11-22
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dominique Hazael-Massieux
QA Contact: Karl Dubost
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Reported: 2005-03-04 02:57 UTC by Dominique Hazael-Massieux
Modified: 2005-04-28 11:53 UTC (History)
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Description Dominique Hazael-Massieux 2005-03-04 02:57:06 UTC
The specification requires "Identify deprecated features." Even in
version 1 of a specification? (Yes, it can happen that version 1
formalizes industry practice, so defines and immediately deprecates
something).

Conversely, is it required to state explicitly "there are no deprecated
features" to meet this requirement? Otherwise, its hard to distinguish
between a pass (there are no deprecated features listed) and a fail
(deprecated features are there, but were not identified as such).

We suggest that a bullet "It has no deprecated features" be added to the
bulleted list under "Conformance criteria".
Comment 1 Dominique Hazael-Massieux 2005-03-04 02:58:35 UTC
The Working Group agreed to require a positive statement when there are no
deprecated feature, with a modulation for version 1 of a specification.
Comment 2 Dominique Hazael-Massieux 2005-03-21 13:50:02 UTC
added in "what does it mean" re deprecated features:
"If the specified technology has already been published in a previous version of
the specification, indicate which features from the previous version have been
deprecated or state that none were deprecated in the conformance section"
Comment 3 Dominique Hazael-Massieux 2005-04-28 11:53:51 UTC
setting version to LC in case of future use