When deprecating something in Mifos, the following steps should be followed generally:

Before Release / Previous Release

• Send email to mifos-user list with description of what is being deprecated
• Update documentation
  • FS
• Hide in Mifos
  • If a feature, hide just in UI
  • If a config property, add comment to properties file, and update config guide documentation
• Plan how customer will migrate to new option
  • Define user migration path to new functionality
  • If trapdoor setting is being deprecated will user get logging or other notification to remove custom property that's in use?
  • Scrub jira for any related issues, update with decision to deprecate.

Actual Release of Deprecation

• Remove in release
  • Code in Application
  • Remove DB tables
  • Remove from default properties file
• Update documentation
  • Upgrade Notes
  • Release Notes