Deprecating the Lines field (was: Issues remaining in Section 6)

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From: Terje Bless (link@tss.no)
Date: Thu Oct 21 1999 - 11:09:39 CDT


On 21.10.99 at 11:26, Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Charles Lindsey wrote:
>> Lines:
>> Software SHOULD NOT use the value of Lines for any purpose other
>> than to display an estimate to humans. This header will be
>> deprecated in a future version of this standard.
>
>Saying "will be deprecated" is silly -- does that mean we're happy with it
>now? If we want to be wimpy about this, we should say "is deprecated, and
>will be deleted in a future version". But I favor deleting it now.

Deprecate it now, but we shouldn't delete it. It should be in there as
documenting current practice. Maybe add a note that it will be deleted in
the next revision.


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