Considering more and more of the “older” API’s are getting tagged as deprecated but without a replacement/alternative listed how can we help our clients plan for the urgency around the replacements, potential loss of functionality, etc.
We all understand the old are going away, but without knowing:
- Will there be a replacement?
- What is an alternative?
- If the UI provides this functionality today is it being updated also and when?
It’s hard to know how critical these are from a timing perspective to ensure existing functionality is migrated to either new API’s, migrated to other API’s (i.e. Search?), or is functionality that is being obsoleted.
API’s are just a gateway to the underlying functionality, so without knowing the impact on functionality it’s hard to plan for alternatives.