[Opensource] Caveat with @deprecated constructor

[Michael Rimov]

At 09:39 AM 6/14/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>seems like the right path to me.
>
>for comparison, here's a sample rule for deprecation 
>http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/maven/deprecation.html
>
>which specifies one major dot release delay between deprecation (we'd have 
>to look back in the log to see when the deprecation occurred) and removal.

It occured for the 4.0 release.  That was when we switched over to the uid 
model in the first place.

Sandra's made a @deprecation policy sheet online in the contributors 
pages.  It basically says what we've agreed upon already :)

                                                 -Mike