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Write a deprecation policy

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
drupal
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the linked Technical Group meeting notes and review how projects are currently flagged as deprecated in the .info file. Clarify the policy's scope, lifecycle, and required documentation, then document the agreed process so projects can follow it consistently.

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Description

From Technical Group 2022-05-12

Notes from that meeting:

@andybroomfield raised the need for a deprecation policy.
Up to now, we’ve discussed specific projects, flagged them as deprecated, and add the lifecycle: deprecated to the.info file.

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