I'm sorry that I apparently hit a nerve. I'd be very much interested in an article that describes the internal discussions. I'm sure you have your valid reasons, but for me one of the possible aspects of deprecation is superseding something. Which implies that there is something new already. Moving that philosophical discussion aside: I failed to find a roadmap for 6.0, which I'd be happy to move to. Could you shed some light on the rough plans?

Cheers