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Re: [commit] Deprecate remaining STREQ uses

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:30:13 -0500
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> 
> If a contributor wants to add new code, or fix bugs in existing code, 
> they should not be increasing the use of existing deprecated mechanisms 
> (after all we should be able to reasonably expect contributors to not 
> make matters worse).

But that's precisely why we have the patch review and approval
procedure, right?  Maintainers who approve patches are supposed to
prevent code that uses deprecated machinery from being added.
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