Patch to fix #4477.

[soc]

Added field "since" to annotation class deprecated and added the manually verified version to the 318 occurences of @deprecated in src/library. Fixes #4477.

[soc]

Hi retronym!

"2.9.0" would be better here.

OK, I wasn't sure how the versioning would look like in the future. I'll fix that.

Default arguments rather than multiple constructors.

I will fix that. Is the default of null ok, or should I use ""?

The way the version is provided as a String is not consistent with scala.annotation.migration. I actually like this way better, it's less type safe but shows all three components of the version number and reads better.

That was my concern, too. In that case I thought that the accuracy might be more important here, because it will mainly be used by documentation. Otherwise I would have to add something like majorVersion: Int, minorVersion: Int, patchVersion: Int, buildVersion: String ... any ideas?

[retronym]

I think you'd need some input from @extempore regarding those questions.

[retronym]

BTW, the pull request process is easier if you work on a topic branch. You can then commit additional changes to the topic branch, and see them on the same pull request.

It also makes it easier for you to work on multiple changes.

[soc]

@retronym: How would I do that with git? A simple git branch?

[retronym]

Fork and Clone

Fork the scala/scala to soc/scala
$ git clone git@github.com:soc/scala.git

Setup your remotes

$ git remote add scala-github git://github.com/scala/scala.git
$ git remote add soc-github git@github.com:soc/scala.git

Time passes

Sync with scala/scala

$ git checkout master
$ git pull scala-github master

Make a Topic Branch

$ git checkout master
$ git checkout -b ticket/1234   # make a local branch, based on master
$ git push soc-github ticket/1234   # push your branch to your github account
$ git branch --set-upstream ticket/1234 soc-github/ticket/1234  # configure your local branch to track the remote
$ vim
$ git commit -m "fixed stuff"
$ git push soc-github ticket/1234  # or just git push, if the tracking branch is correctly configured

Sync Topic Branch with Upstream Changes

$ git checkout master
$ git pull scala-github master
$ git push soc-github master
$ git checkout ticket/1234
$ git merge master

[soc]

Thanks! I guess I just bookmark your response :-)