[MCHECKSTYLE-275] remove old deprecated parameters from report

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.13
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: checkstyle:checkstyle
• Assignee: Guillaume Boué
• Reporter: Herve Boutemy
• Created: 10/Jan/15 15:07
• Updated: 27/Jan/17 22:14
• Resolved: 27/Jan/17 22:14

Description

there are a bunch of parameters that are deprecated since 2005 (I don't even tried to find the version form the plugin: it was before 2.0):

• format: Use configLocation instead
• propertiesFile: Use propertiesLocation instead
• propertiesURL: Use propertiesLocation instead
• headerFile: Use headerLocation instead
• suppressionsFile: Use suppressionsLocation instead
• packageNamesFile: Use packageNamesLocation instead

removing these will clean up source code

in fact, we should have a general policy for parameter deprecation:
1. add a warning when detecting deprecated parameter usage exactly at the same time as deprecating the parameter,
2. a few versions later (no hurry), change warning to failure
3. then a few versions later remove the code

for this case, I intend to go to step 3 directly if nobody is against it

Issue Links

• is related to: MCHECKSTYLE-281 fail if deprecated parameters are used and display update instructions