On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Kris Jurka wrote:
> The problem with trying to deprecate it is that the vast majority of the
> backend is still using the old interfaces, so people looking for
> inspiration for their external modules will likely end up using the old
> interface. Like Alvaro I started this conversion a while ago, got
> bored, and forgot about it. If people do want this conversion done while
> keeping the old interface around, I can track down that patch, update it
> and finish it up for the next CommitFest.
>
Here's a patch that changes everything over to the the new API and
implements the old API by calling the new API.
Kris Jurka