I'm astonished that features are being removed in a dot release as well, no other major project does this, hell, most don't like adding new features in dot releases let alone stripping them out.

None of the listed changes affect me that I can see, but I've been around a long time and I'm flabbergasted that someone actually approved this on dot release.

Now although there is no real need for them to further upgrade to ensure business continuity, if a serious exploit is released in the wild they highly likely will get bitten. Stripping everything else at once in a new major is perfectly acceptable, and, is the norm.

Kind Regards,

Noel Butler

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