[HBASE-22344] Document deprecated public APIs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 1.5.0, 2.3.0, 2.0.6, 2.2.1, 2.1.6, 1.3.6, 1.4.11
• Component/s: API, community, documentation
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jan Hentschel
• Reporter: Jan Hentschel
• Created: 30/Apr/19 16:36
• Updated: 19/Jun/19 01:24
• Resolved: 17/Jun/19 22:21

Description

Currently some public APIs don't document when their deprecation was introduced and when they are expected to be removed. The documentation should be extended for APIs marked as public and limited private.

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-22341 Add explicit guidelines for removing deprecations in book
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #208

Sub-Tasks

• Document that LoadIncrementalHFiles will be removed in 3.0.0: Resolved