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The current list of deprecated EAPIs is stored as ``eapis-deprecated``
in ``metadata/layout.conf``.
+
+
+.. index:: eclass; deprecated
+
+Deprecated eclasses
+-------------------
+:PG: 1003
+:Source: individual eclass maintainers
+:Reference: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/metadata/qa-policy.conf
+:Reported: by pkgcheck and repoman
+
+Deprecated eclasses should not be used in new ebuilds. Existing
+packages should be updated not to use these eclasses on version bumps,
+or proactively when no version bumps are expected.
+
+The current list of deprecated eclasses is stored along with suggested
+replacements as ``deprecated-eclass`` section
+of ``metadata/qa-policy.conf``.