License Compliance (License List) Deprecation
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Deprecation Summary
Today in GitLab you can see a list of all of the licenses your project and the components that use that license on the License List. As of 16.8, the License List is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 17.0 as a breaking change.
With the release of the Group Dependency List and the ability to filter by license on the project and group Dependency List, you can now access all of the licenses your project or group is using on the Dependency List.
Breaking Change
We recommend that users start using the Dependency List and filtering by license.
Affected Topology
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Labels
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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, 15.0–14.8is the third milestone preceding the major release):-
A deprecation announcement entry has been created so the deprecation will appear in release posts and on the general deprecation page. -
Documentation has been updated to mark the feature as deprecated.
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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:
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The deprecated item has been removed. -
If the removal of the deprecated item is a breaking change, the merge request is labeled breaking change.
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Mentions
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Your stage's stable counterparts have been @mentionedon 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
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Your GPM has been @mentionedso 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.