RFC: deprecation of nve(4) in 10-STABLE and removal from 11-CURRENT

[Ben Morrow]

Quoth Tom Evans <tevans.uk at googlemail.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com> wrote:
> > Best avoid the obscure word `Deprecated' in manuals:
> >   It's not common/ plain English.  Maybe a geek import, or USA
> >   dialect ?  It's not easily internationaly understood English.
> >   Best make manuals easier for non native English speakers (& native
> >   English too ;-).  I am British born & bred, whether in English
> >   speaking circles in UK or Germany I never hear or read 'deprecated'
> >   unless its in BSD context.  Few native English speakers I know will be
> >   immediately sure of the meaning, it's too obscure.
> 
> As another Briton this surprises me:
> The word "deprecate" has a clear and specific meaning in all
> computing, especially in standards, release notes and documentation.
> It is from latin and is the same base word in all romance languages.

    Deprecate, v. 1624. [... f. L. /de-/ + /precari/ pray.]
    1. To pray against (evil); to seek to avert by prayer; to pray for
       deliverance from (/arch./) 1628.
    2. To plead earnestly against; to express earnest disapproval of
       1641.
    [...]

also

    Deprecation 1556.
    [...]
    3. Earnest desire that something may be averted or removed; earnest
       disapproval of 1612.

(To be clearly distinguished from 'depreciate', which means something
quite different.)

Ben