Purpose

A group with a focus on how to get rid of old, dead code that has better alternatives.

Communications

AKA 'slash n burn' AKA 'kill it with fire'

Slack

• #depr-slash-n-burn on edx-internal

• #depr-slash-n-burn on openedx

Members

• Diana Huang

• Michael Terry (Deactivated)

• Jeremy Bowman (Deactivated)

• Joe Mulloy (Deactivated)

Process

Open edX Proposal (OEP)

There's an OEP that covers the deprecation and removal process:

OEP-21: Deprecation and Removal

• Keep an eye on whether or not this process is working

• If not, suggest improvements/revisions

Jira Board

• We track items for deprecation and removal on the DEPR Jira Board.

• Here's a view of DEPR tickets report.

Scratch Confluence Page

Deprecation/Removal Evaluation is an internal page where the Architecture team started this process and that we can use for exploring possible items to remove.

Meeting Notes

DEPR Meetings

Working Group Objectives

Part of the work that I would like to tackle as part of this group is:

• How do we get this work onto our team backlogs?

• What work should be added to this list?

• Are there ways to make deprecation more 'frictionless'? What pain points do people run into during deprecation work?

• How can we hold the engineering org accountable for technical debt deliberately introduced?

Resources

• edX Internal Use Only

  • Views in LMS

  • Frontend Pages in edx-platform