[GitHub] janpio commented on a change in pull request #878: New "Deprecation and Archiving Policy"

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janpio commented on a change in pull request #878: New "Deprecation and Archiving Policy"
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/878#discussion_r237591635
 
 

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+layout: contribute
+title: Apache Cordova Deprecation Policy
+---
+
+# Deprecation and Archiving Policy
+
+Apache Cordova has been around quite some time, having been started back in August 2008. As it consists of many individual "parts", some of those stopped being useful for any number of reasons. This "Deprecation and Archiving Policy" describes why, when and how projects can be deprecated and archived - and what that actually means.
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+## Deprecation Policy
+
+When a piece of Apache Cordova stops being useful or necessary we vote on deprecating it on our [dev mailing list](/contact/).
+
+### Reasons for Deprecation
+
+Some common reasons for deprecation of a piece of Apache Cordova are:
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+- General availability of a web standard that achieves the same thing
+- A better replacement is available somewhere else
+- Usage of a platform declined to a non relevant level
+- A platform was deprecated itself by its producer
+- ...
 
 Review comment:
   ```suggestion
   ```

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