Re: zsh-3.0-pre1 released

[Zefram <A.Main@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The words are different, but not "completely" different (in my dictionary
>one of the definitions for deprecate says "To belittle; depreciate").

They do have a common root.  However, I think the above definition of
deprecate is misleading.

>It is interesting to note that the word deprecate was at one time much
>stronger than depreciate (it meant to deplore not just to devalue), but

That's the meaning we want.

>that common usage is moving it toward the meaning of depreciate.  Thus
>either word is probably OK, but depreciate is more traditional.

No.  In this context, the term used in standards documents is deprecate.

-zefram