Hi,
I noticed the Auto-Binner node got deprecated with 5.8 as it’s UI got migrated to WebUI:
- UIEXT-1668: WebUI-Migration for Binner (aka Auto-Binner)
Two problems I face which “sting a bit”:
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Deprecated nodes are neither linked in the Hub not can they get drag&drop into Knime
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The release nodes were not explicit enough about the deprecation.
In my particular case I wanted to double verify the functionality, kind of as part of a post community hacking task, but “failed miserably”.
Only in MUI with the hidden deprecated filter //deprecated it is possible to access the node which makes maintenance and comparision, also testing and upgrading, ensuring backwards compatibility etc., unnecessarily difficult.
I’d like to propose:
- Be more explicit about node deprecations in the release nodes
- Display the icon in the Hub to re-enable drag&drop into Knime
- Allow to filter for deprecated nodes in the Hub
- Link older node versions in the current one of each node
- Allow to display deprecated nodes in CUI
Best
Mike