On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:45:56PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote:
> tempfile still prints a deprecation warning to stderr. This looks like
> it was introduced since Hirsute in Ubuntu and so also exists in Impish
> and Jammy currently. Do we still want the deprecation warning in Jammy,
> or should I drop the deprecation warning too, for Jammy, on the same
> principle as what we're doing for the which command? I ask because I'm
> not aware that anybody complained about the warning in Hirsute or
> Impish.
I think it's fine to keep that deprecation warning.
`tempfile` has been formally deprecated and discouraged for so long,
that it just makes sense to get rid of it.
A stderr warning on usage is just fine.
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