alt Hacker NewsIt sounds like you're imagining open source whereas the comment you're replying to is imagining more intra-company dependencies.
It sounds like you're imagining open source whereas the comment you're replying to is imagining more intra-company dependencies.
I think deprecation in intra-company code is a completely different beast. You either have a business case for the code or not. And if something is deprecated and a downstream project needs it, it should probably have the budget to support it (or code around the deprecation).
In many ways, the decision is easier because it should be based on a business use case or budget reason.