[Bioc-devel] Deprecating a class

[Carlos Ruiz]

Hi Bioc developers,

A year ago, we introduced a class in my package MEAL to manage 
methylation data. After some Bioc releases, we realised that we don't 
really need this class and that it is better to reuse other Bioc classes 
to facilitate package usability. Is there any protocol to deprecate a 
class? There is only a guide to deprecate functions and methods.

For the new release, I was thinking on deprecating the constructors of 
my class, while keeping the methods. Is that OK?

Bests,

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