# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1627443908 14400
# Node ID b436a01d186d1339618cf6c064352d7e8f7239c6
# Parent  adda9f3ac61ff46cd4433368c529f54a60cbcc52
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.

diff -r adda9f3ac61f -r b436a01d186d NEWS
--- 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