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Deprecation Summary
Breaking Change
Affected Topology
Affected Tier
Checklists
Labels
- This issue is labeled ~deprecation, and with the relevant
~devops::
,~group::
, and~Category:
labels. - This issue is labeled ~"breaking change" if the removal of the deprecated item will be a breaking change.
Timeline
Please add links to the relevant merge requests.
- As soon as possible, but no later than the third milestone preceding the major release (for example, given the following release schedule:
14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 15.0
–14.8
is the third milestone preceding the major release):- A deprecation entry has been created so the deprecation will appear in release posts and on the general deprecation page.
- Documentation has been updated to add a note about the end-of-life and to mark the feature as deprecated.
- On or before the major milestone: A removal entry has been created so the removal will appear on the removals by milestones page and be announced in the release post.
- On the major milestone:
- The deprecated item has been removed.
- If the removal of the deprecated item is a breaking change, the merge request is labeled ~"breaking change".
Mentions
- Your stage's stable counterparts have been
@mentioned
on this issue. For example, Customer Support, Customer Success (Technical Account Manager), Product Marketing Manager.- To see who the stable counterparts are for a product team visit product categories
- If there is no stable counterpart listed for Sales/CS please mention
@timtams
- If there is no stable counterpart listed for Support please mention
@gitlab-com/support/managers
- If there is no stable counterpart listed for Marketing please mention
@cfoster3
- If there is no stable counterpart listed for Sales/CS please mention
- To see who the stable counterparts are for a product team visit product categories
- Your GPM has been
@mentioned
so that they are aware of planned deprecations. The goal is to have reviews happen at least two releases before the final removal of the feature or introduction of a breaking change.
Deprecation Milestone
Planned Removal Milestone
Links
/label ~devops:: ~group: ~Category:
/label ~"GitLab Free" ~"GitLab Premium" ~"GitLab Ultimate"
/label ~"deprecation"