Dear Developer,

I am Zhiqing Zhong, a researcher at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. To assist developers on PyPI in effectively deprecating their unmaintained packages and improving the delivery of deprecation announcements to the package users, we are studying the current state of package-level deprecation. Our team has noticed that you have a package named python-ironicclient on PyPI, which is adopting a deprecated package with a deprecation announcement on its homepage or issue tracker.

To identify the pain points associated with handling the deprecated packages and enhance the support for users, we are inviting Python package users like you to participate in a brief 3-minute survey comprising 11 choice questions and 1 optional question.

The pain points you mentioned, along with your expected deprecation pattern, can provide valuable insights to package managers and researchers who are seeking to enhance support for package users and foster innovation.

We greatly appreciate your time and consideration. Please find the survey here. Your responses will be confidential and anonymized in our analysis. Wishing you all the best with your work.

Sincerely,
Zhiqing Zhong