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also mention functions deprecated in version 6 in the NEWS file It seems useful to include the list of items that were deprecated in the previous release and that will be removed after one more release cycle.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:45:08 -0400
parents 0bf14f708dc6
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--- a/NEWS	Tue Jul 27 09:53:16 2021 -0400
+++ b/NEWS	Tue Jul 27 23:45:08 2021 -0400
@@ -270,6 +270,22 @@
     * Any trailing whitespace after a `'\'` line continuation has been
     deprecated.  Delete unnecessary trailing whitespace.
 
+
+The following functions were deprecated in Octave 6 and will be removed
+from Octave 8 (or whatever version is the second major release after 6):
+
+- Functions
+
+  Function               | Replacement
+  -----------------------|------------------
+  `runtests`             | `oruntests`
+
+- The environment variable used by `mkoctfile` for linker flags is now
+  `LDFLAGS` rather than `LFLAGS`.  `LFLAGS` was deprecated in Octave 6,
+  and a warning is now emitted if it is used, but it will continue to
+  work.
+
+
 ### Removed functions and properties
 
 The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5