Deprecated and Retired Functionality
This section describes the two phases Open Text Corporation follows to retire Vertica functionality:
- Deprecated. Vertica declares a feature deprecated in a major or minor release. Deprecated features remain in the product and are functional. However, users accessing the feature receive messages informing them that the feature will be removed in the following major or minor release. Features are identified as deprecated in Vertica release notes and in feature documentation; all documentation remains accessible. Open Text Corporation announces feature deprecation only in major and minor releases.
- Removed. Open Text Corporation removes a feature in the major or minor release immediately following the deprecation announcement. Users can no longer access the functionality. The feature removal is announced in Vertica release notes. All feature documentation is removed.