Remove lib.connection

[Morg42]

After transitioning active code in core and plugins to lib.network, the lib.connection ist obsolete (concerning code checked in on GitHub / smarthomeNG) following issue 399 @plugins

One consideration before finally removing lib.connection should be a way to warn users incorporation lib.connection in private plugins.

Options might be

• displaying a warning in AdminUI
• writing a warning to the log
• writing a warning to the console
• ...?

Removal should be planned earliest for 1.10, latest for 2.0, IMHO.

[Morg42]

Todo: check plugins before next release

[Morg42]

currently using lib.connections:

• LOGO @bmxp
• comfoair (inactive?)

[bmxp]

LOGO might be still in use by @ivande, I have no idea about comfoair

[msinn]

Maybe you should ask in the forum and on gitter, if the two plugins are still in use (and if someone is maintaining them).

[Morg42]

Checking again, I already migrated the monitor functionality to lib.network, so only plugins explicitly importing lib.connection might need to be adjusted.

sv_websocket is one building its own network server from lib.connections, but as far as I recall this is deprecated...

So lib.connection could be removed at one of the next releases. The deprecation warning is already implemented for those using lib.connection in private plugins.

[msinn]

Sc_websocket ist deprecated and will be retired in v1.10. There is no need to update it. It has been replaced by the websocket module.

[msinn]

SmartHomeNG v1.9.4 has been released