Yes that's the way I use the word as well, it is a pet peeve of mine when that is not the case.
> "deprecate" and "remove" are not synonymous and I don't see any indication they are being conflated here. Deprecation often precedes removal but that's the extent of it.
The reason I'm equating "deprecate" and "remove" in this case is because they have already said there will be no more git.io links created -- so how can you "deprecate" it further? I suppose they could say "Hey, this is deprecated now and we're going to shut it down in six months", and in this case, the user behavior that is discouraged is "relying on the links".
> "deprecate" and "remove" are not synonymous and I don't see any indication they are being conflated here. Deprecation often precedes removal but that's the extent of it.
The reason I'm equating "deprecate" and "remove" in this case is because they have already said there will be no more git.io links created -- so how can you "deprecate" it further? I suppose they could say "Hey, this is deprecated now and we're going to shut it down in six months", and in this case, the user behavior that is discouraged is "relying on the links".