--- a/cubicweb/__init__.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/__init__.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
 import zlib
 
 from six import PY2, binary_type, text_type
-from six.moves import builtins
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods
 from yams.constraints import BASE_CONVERTERS, BASE_CHECKERS
 from yams.schema import role_name as rname
@@ -68,14 +66,6 @@
 # '_' is available to mark internationalized string but should not be used to
 # do the actual translation
 _ = text_type
-if not hasattr(builtins, '_'):
-    builtins._ = deprecated("[3.22] Use 'from cubicweb import _'")(_)
-
-
-# convert eid to the right type, raise ValueError if it's not a valid eid
-@deprecated('[3.17] typed_eid() was removed. replace it with int() when needed.')
-def typed_eid(eid):
-    return int(eid)
 
 
 class Binary(BytesIO):

--- a/cubicweb/_exceptions.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/_exceptions.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@
         cstr = self.session.find('CWUniqueTogetherConstraint', name=cstrname).one()
         return sorted(rtype.name for rtype in cstr.relations)
 
-    @cachedproperty
-    def args(self):
-        warn('[3.18] UniqueTogetherError.args is deprecated, just use '
-             'the .rtypes accessor.',
-             DeprecationWarning)
-        # the first argument, etype, is never used and was never garanteed anyway
-        return None, self.rtypes
-
 
 class ViolatedConstraint(RepositoryError):
     def __init__(self, cnx, cstrname):

--- a/cubicweb/appobject.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/appobject.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -31,26 +31,10 @@
 
 from logging import getLogger
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated, class_renamed
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods
 
-# first line imports for bw compat
-from logilab.common.registry import (objectify_predicate, traced_selection, Predicate,
-                                     RegistrableObject, yes)
-
+from logilab.common.registry import RegistrableObject, yes
 
-objectify_selector = deprecated('[3.15] objectify_selector has been '
-                                'renamed to objectify_predicates in '
-                                'logilab.common.registry')(objectify_predicate)
-traced_selection = deprecated('[3.15] traced_selection has been '
-                              'moved to logilab.common.registry')(traced_selection)
-Selector = class_renamed('Selector', Predicate,
-                         '[3.15] Selector has been renamed to Predicate '
-                         'in logilab.common.registry')
-
-@deprecated('[3.15] lltrace decorator can now be removed')
-def lltrace(func):
-    return func
 
 # the base class for all appobjects ############################################
 
@@ -156,6 +140,3 @@
     info = warning = error = critical = exception = debug = lambda msg,*a,**kw: None
 
 set_log_methods(AppObject, getLogger('cubicweb.appobject'))
-
-# defined here to avoid warning on usage on the AppObject class
-yes = deprecated('[3.15] yes has been moved to logilab.common.registry')(yes)

--- a/cubicweb/cwconfig.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/cwconfig.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@
 from six import text_type
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached, classproperty
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods, init_log
 from logilab.common.configuration import (Configuration, Method,
                                           ConfigurationMixIn, merge_options,
@@ -1358,7 +1357,6 @@
 
 # alias to get a configuration instance from an instance id
 instance_configuration = CubicWebConfiguration.config_for
-application_configuration = deprecated('use instance_configuration')(instance_configuration)
 
 
 _EXT_REGISTERED = False

--- a/cubicweb/cwctl.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/cwctl.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -873,13 +873,6 @@
           'group': 'local'
           }),
 
-        ('repo-uri',
-         {'short': 'H', 'type' : 'string', 'metavar': '<protocol>://<[host][:port]>',
-          'help': 'URI of the CubicWeb repository to connect to. URI can be \
-a ZMQ URL or inmemory:// (default) use an in-memory repository. THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED, \
-directly give URI as instance id instead',
-          'group': 'remote'
-          }),
         )
 
     def _get_mih(self, appid):
@@ -899,12 +892,6 @@
 
     def run(self, args):
         appuri = args.pop(0)
-        if self.config.repo_uri:
-            warn('[3.16] --repo-uri option is deprecated, directly give the URI as instance id',
-                 DeprecationWarning)
-            if urlparse(self.config.repo_uri).scheme == 'inmemory':
-                appuri = '%s/%s' % (self.config.repo_uri.rstrip('/'), appuri)
-
         mih, shutdown_callback = self._get_mih(appuri)
         try:
             with mih.cnx:

--- a/cubicweb/devtools/devctl.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/devtools/devctl.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime, date
 from os import getcwd, mkdir, chdir, path as osp
 import pkg_resources
-from warnings import warn
 
 from pytz import UTC
 
@@ -481,12 +480,7 @@
         print('-> extracting messages:', end=' ')
         potfiles = []
         # static messages
-        if osp.exists(osp.join('i18n', 'entities.pot')):
-            warn('entities.pot is deprecated, rename file '
-                 'to static-messages.pot (%s)'
-                 % osp.join('i18n', 'entities.pot'), DeprecationWarning)
-            potfiles.append(osp.join('i18n', 'entities.pot'))
-        elif osp.exists(osp.join('i18n', 'static-messages.pot')):
+        if osp.exists(osp.join('i18n', 'static-messages.pot')):
             potfiles.append(osp.join('i18n', 'static-messages.pot'))
         # messages from schema
         potfiles.append(self.schemapot())

--- a/cubicweb/entities/test/unittest_wfobjs.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/entities/test/unittest_wfobjs.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
 # with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from cubicweb import ValidationError
+from cubicweb import _, ValidationError
 from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
 
 def add_wf(shell, etype, name=None, default=False):

--- a/cubicweb/entity.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/entity.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from six.moves import range
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.registry import yes
 from logilab.mtconverter import TransformData, xml_escape
 
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@
     # class attributes that must be set in class definition
     rest_attr = None
     fetch_attrs = None
-    skip_copy_for = () # bw compat (< 3.14), use cw_skip_copy_for instead
     cw_skip_copy_for = [('in_state', 'subject')]
     # class attributes set automatically at registration time
     e_schema = None
@@ -256,23 +254,11 @@
             select.add_sort_var(var, asc=False)
 
     @classmethod
-    def fetch_rql(cls, user, restriction=None, fetchattrs=None, mainvar='X',
+    def fetch_rql(cls, user, fetchattrs=None, mainvar='X',
                   settype=True, ordermethod='fetch_order'):
         st = cls.fetch_rqlst(user, mainvar=mainvar, fetchattrs=fetchattrs,
                              settype=settype, ordermethod=ordermethod)
-        rql = st.as_string()
-        if restriction:
-            # cannot use RQLRewriter API to insert 'X rtype %(x)s' restriction
-            warn('[3.14] fetch_rql: use of `restriction` parameter is '
-                 'deprecated, please use fetch_rqlst and supply a syntax'
-                 'tree with your restriction instead', DeprecationWarning)
-            insert = ' WHERE ' + ','.join(restriction)
-            if ' WHERE ' in rql:
-                select, where = rql.split(' WHERE ', 1)
-                rql = select + insert + ',' + where
-            else:
-                rql += insert
-        return rql
+        return st.as_string()
 
     @classmethod
     def fetch_rqlst(cls, user, select=None, mainvar='X', fetchattrs=None,
@@ -622,14 +608,6 @@
         """
         return self.has_eid() and self._cw_is_saved
 
-    @deprecated('[3.24] cw_metainformation is deprecated')
-    @cached
-    def cw_metainformation(self):
-        source = self.cw_source[0].name
-        return {'type': self.cw_etype,
-                'extid': self.cwuri if source != 'system' else None,
-                'source': {'uri': source}}
-
     def cw_check_perm(self, action):
         self.e_schema.check_perm(self._cw, action, eid=self.eid)
 
@@ -759,11 +737,6 @@
         assert self.has_eid()
         execute = self._cw.execute
         skip_copy_for = {'subject': set(), 'object': set()}
-        for rtype in self.skip_copy_for:
-            skip_copy_for['subject'].add(rtype)
-            warn('[3.14] skip_copy_for on entity classes (%s) is deprecated, '
-                 'use cw_skip_copy_for instead with list of couples (rtype, role)' % self.cw_etype,
-                 DeprecationWarning)
         for rtype, role in self.cw_skip_copy_for:
             assert role in ('subject', 'object'), role
             skip_copy_for[role].add(rtype)
@@ -1343,29 +1316,6 @@
         for rqlexpr in self.e_schema.get_rqlexprs(action):
             self._cw.local_perm_cache.pop((rqlexpr.eid, (('x', self.eid),)), None)
 
-    # deprecated stuff #########################################################
-
-    @deprecated('[3.16] use cw_set() instead of set_attributes()')
-    def set_attributes(self, **kwargs): # XXX cw_set_attributes
-        if kwargs:
-            self.cw_set(**kwargs)
-
-    @deprecated('[3.16] use cw_set() instead of set_relations()')
-    def set_relations(self, **kwargs): # XXX cw_set_relations
-        """add relations to the given object. To set a relation where this entity
-        is the object of the relation, use 'reverse_'<relation> as argument name.
-
-        Values may be an entity or eid, a list of entities or eids, or None
-        (meaning that all relations of the given type from or to this object
-        should be deleted).
-        """
-        if kwargs:
-            self.cw_set(**kwargs)
-
-    @deprecated('[3.13] use entity.cw_clear_all_caches()')
-    def clear_all_caches(self):
-        return self.cw_clear_all_caches()
-
 
 # attribute and relation descriptors ##########################################
 
@@ -1381,13 +1331,6 @@
             return self
         return eobj.cw_attr_value(self._attrname)
 
-    @deprecated('[3.10] assign to entity.cw_attr_cache[attr] or entity.cw_edited[attr]')
-    def __set__(self, eobj, value):
-        if hasattr(eobj, 'cw_edited') and not eobj.cw_edited.saved:
-            eobj.cw_edited[self._attrname] = value
-        else:
-            eobj.cw_attr_cache[self._attrname] = value
-
 
 class Relation(object):
     """descriptor that controls schema relation access"""

--- a/cubicweb/hooks/test/data-computed/schema.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/hooks/test/data-computed/schema.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 from yams.buildobjs import EntityType, String, Int, SubjectRelation, RelationDefinition
 
+from cubicweb import _
+
 THISYEAR = 2014
 
 class Person(EntityType):

--- a/cubicweb/migration.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/migration.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 from logilab.common.configuration import REQUIRED, read_old_config
 from logilab.common.shellutils import ASK
 from logilab.common.changelog import Version
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 
 from cubicweb import ConfigurationError, ExecutionError
 from cubicweb.cwconfig import CubicWebConfiguration as cwcfg
@@ -415,10 +414,6 @@
             self.config.add_cubes(newcubes)
         return newcubes
 
-    @deprecated('[3.20] use drop_cube() instead of remove_cube()')
-    def cmd_remove_cube(self, cube, removedeps=False):
-        return self.cmd_drop_cube(cube, removedeps)
-
     def cmd_drop_cube(self, cube, removedeps=False):
         if removedeps:
             toremove = self.config.expand_cubes([cube])

--- a/cubicweb/predicates.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/predicates.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 from six import string_types, integer_types
 from six.moves import range
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
-from logilab.common.registry import Predicate, objectify_predicate, yes
+from logilab.common.registry import Predicate, objectify_predicate
 
 from yams.schema import BASE_TYPES, role_name
 from rql.nodes import Function
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@
 from cubicweb.uilib import eid_param
 from cubicweb.schema import split_expression
 
-yes = deprecated('[3.15] import yes() from use logilab.common.registry')(yes)
-
 
 # abstract predicates / mixin helpers ###########################################
 
@@ -85,12 +82,7 @@
       - `accept_none` is False and some cell in the column has a None value
         (this may occurs with outer join)
     """
-    def __init__(self, once_is_enough=None, accept_none=True, mode='all'):
-        if once_is_enough is not None:
-            warn("[3.14] once_is_enough is deprecated, use mode='any'",
-                 DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-            if once_is_enough:
-                mode = 'any'
+    def __init__(self, accept_none=True, mode='all'):
         assert mode in ('any', 'all'), 'bad mode %s' % mode
         self.once_is_enough = mode == 'any'
         self.accept_none = accept_none
@@ -672,8 +664,8 @@
     See :class:`~cubicweb.predicates.EntityPredicate` documentation for entity
     lookup / score rules according to the input context.
     """
-    def __init__(self, scorefunc, once_is_enough=None, mode='all'):
-        super(score_entity, self).__init__(mode=mode, once_is_enough=once_is_enough)
+    def __init__(self, scorefunc, mode='all'):
+        super(score_entity, self).__init__(mode=mode)
         def intscore(*args, **kwargs):
             score = scorefunc(*args, **kwargs)
             if not score:
@@ -690,8 +682,8 @@
     You can give 'image/' to match any image for instance, or 'image/png' to match
     only PNG images.
     """
-    def __init__(self, mimetype, once_is_enough=None, mode='all'):
-        super(has_mimetype, self).__init__(mode=mode, once_is_enough=once_is_enough)
+    def __init__(self, mimetype, mode='all'):
+        super(has_mimetype, self).__init__(mode=mode)
         self.mimetype = mimetype
 
     def score_entity(self, entity):
@@ -995,8 +987,8 @@
     See :class:`~cubicweb.predicates.EntityPredicate` documentation for entity
     lookup / score rules according to the input context.
     """
-    def __init__(self, expression, once_is_enough=None, mode='all', user_condition=False):
-        super(rql_condition, self).__init__(mode=mode, once_is_enough=once_is_enough)
+    def __init__(self, expression, mode='all', user_condition=False):
+        super(rql_condition, self).__init__(mode=mode)
         self.user_condition = user_condition
         if user_condition:
             rql = 'Any COUNT(U) WHERE U eid %%(u)s, %s' % expression
@@ -1391,8 +1383,8 @@
      is_instance('Version') & (match_transition('ready') |
                                attribute_edited('publication_date'))
     """
-    def __init__(self, attribute, once_is_enough=None, mode='all'):
-        super(attribute_edited, self).__init__(mode=mode, once_is_enough=once_is_enough)
+    def __init__(self, attribute, mode='all'):
+        super(attribute_edited, self).__init__(mode=mode)
         self._attribute = attribute
 
     def score_entity(self, entity):

--- a/cubicweb/pyramid/core.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/pyramid/core.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -177,15 +177,6 @@
                 val = (val.filename, val.file)
             if param == '_cwmsgid':
                 self.set_message_id(val)
-            elif param == '__message':
-                warn('[3.13] __message in request parameter is deprecated '
-                     '(may only be given to .build_url). Seeing this message '
-                     'usualy means your application hold some <form> where '
-                     'you should replace use of __message hidden input by '
-                     'form.set_message, so new _cwmsgid mechanism is properly '
-                     'used',
-                     DeprecationWarning)
-                self.set_message(val)
             else:
                 self.form[param] = val
 

--- a/cubicweb/repoapi.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/repoapi.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -17,27 +17,17 @@
 # with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """Official API to access the content of a repository."""
 
-from warnings import warn
-
-from six import add_metaclass
-
-from logilab.common.deprecation import class_deprecated
-
 from cubicweb import AuthenticationError
 from cubicweb.server.session import Connection
 
 
-def get_repository(uri=None, config=None, vreg=None):
+def get_repository(config, vreg=None):
     """get a repository for the given URI or config/vregistry (in case we're
     loading the repository for a client, eg web server, configuration).
 
     The returned repository may be an in-memory repository or a proxy object
     using a specific RPC method, depending on the given URI.
     """
-    if uri is not None:
-        warn('[3.22] get_repository only wants a config')
-
-    assert config is not None, 'get_repository(config=config)'
     return config.repository(vreg)
 
 
@@ -63,8 +53,3 @@
     anon_login, anon_password = anoninfo
     # use vreg's repository cache
     return connect(repo, anon_login, password=anon_password)
-
-
-@add_metaclass(class_deprecated)
-class ClientConnection(Connection):
-    __deprecation_warning__ = '[3.20] %(cls)s is deprecated, use Connection instead'

--- a/cubicweb/req.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/req.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 # with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """Base class for request/session"""
 
-from warnings import warn
 from datetime import time, datetime, timedelta
 
 from six import PY2, PY3, text_type
@@ -26,13 +25,11 @@
                                     urlsplit, urlunsplit)
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.date import ustrftime, strptime, todate, todatetime
 
 from rql.utils import rqlvar_maker
 
-from cubicweb import (Unauthorized, NoSelectableObject, NoResultError,
-                      MultipleResultsError, uilib)
+from cubicweb import Unauthorized, NoSelectableObject, uilib
 from cubicweb.rset import ResultSet
 
 ONESECOND = timedelta(0, 1, 0)
@@ -182,29 +179,6 @@
         cls = self.vreg['etypes'].etype_class(etype)
         return cls.cw_instantiate(self.execute, **kwargs)
 
-    @deprecated('[3.18] use find(etype, **kwargs).entities()')
-    def find_entities(self, etype, **kwargs):
-        """find entities of the given type and attribute values.
-
-        >>> users = find_entities('CWGroup', name=u'users')
-        >>> groups = find_entities('CWGroup')
-        """
-        return self.find(etype, **kwargs).entities()
-
-    @deprecated('[3.18] use find(etype, **kwargs).one()')
-    def find_one_entity(self, etype, **kwargs):
-        """find one entity of the given type and attribute values.
-        raise :exc:`FindEntityError` if can not return one and only one entity.
-
-        >>> users = find_one_entity('CWGroup', name=u'users')
-        >>> groups = find_one_entity('CWGroup')
-        Exception()
-        """
-        try:
-            return self.find(etype, **kwargs).one()
-        except (NoResultError, MultipleResultsError) as e:
-            raise FindEntityError("%s: (%s, %s)" % (str(e), etype, kwargs))
-
     def find(self, etype, **kwargs):
         """find entities of the given type and attribute values.
 
@@ -248,33 +222,6 @@
         if first in ('insert', 'set', 'delete'):
             raise Unauthorized(self._('only select queries are authorized'))
 
-    def get_cache(self, cachename):
-        """cachename should be dotted names as in :
-
-        - cubicweb.mycache
-        - cubes.blog.mycache
-        - etc.
-        """
-        warn.warning('[3.19] .get_cache will disappear soon. '
-                     'Distributed caching mechanisms are being introduced instead.'
-                     'Other caching mechanism can be used more reliably '
-                     'to the same effect.',
-                     DeprecationWarning)
-        if cachename in CACHE_REGISTRY:
-            cache = CACHE_REGISTRY[cachename]
-        else:
-            cache = CACHE_REGISTRY[cachename] = Cache()
-        _now = datetime.now()
-        if _now > cache.latest_cache_lookup + ONESECOND:
-            ecache = self.execute(
-                'Any C,T WHERE C is CWCache, C name %(name)s, C timestamp T',
-                {'name': cachename}).get_entity(0, 0)
-            cache.latest_cache_lookup = _now
-            if not ecache.valid(cache.cache_creation_date):
-                cache.clear()
-                cache.cache_creation_date = _now
-        return cache
-
     # url generation methods ##################################################
 
     def build_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -296,9 +243,6 @@
         #     not try to process it and directly call req.build_url()
         base_url = kwargs.pop('base_url', None)
         if base_url is None:
-            if kwargs.pop('__secure__', None) is not None:
-                warn('[3.25] __secure__ argument is deprecated',
-                     DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
             base_url = self.base_url()
         path = self.build_url_path(method, kwargs)
         if not kwargs:
@@ -505,12 +449,7 @@
             raise ValueError(self._('can\'t parse %(value)r (expected %(format)s)')
                              % {'value': value, 'format': format})
 
-    def base_url(self, **kwargs):
+    def base_url(self):
         """Return the root url of the instance."""
-        secure = kwargs.pop('secure', None)
-        if secure is not None:
-            warn('[3.25] secure argument is deprecated', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-        if kwargs:
-            raise TypeError('base_url got unexpected keyword arguments %s' % ', '.join(kwargs))
         url = self.vreg.config['base-url']
         return url if url is None else url.rstrip('/') + '/'

--- a/cubicweb/rset.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/rset.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -18,21 +18,15 @@
 """The `ResultSet` class which is returned as result of an rql query"""
 
 
-from warnings import warn
-
 from six import PY3, text_type
 from six.moves import range
 
-from logilab.common import nullobject
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached, clear_cache, copy_cache
 from rql import nodes, stmts
 
 from cubicweb import NotAnEntity, NoResultError, MultipleResultsError, UnknownEid
 
 
-_MARKER = nullobject()
-
-
 class ResultSet(object):
     """A result set wraps a RQL query result. This object implements
     partially the list protocol to allow direct use as a list of
@@ -52,10 +46,7 @@
     :param rql: the original RQL query string
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, results, rql, args=None, description=None, rqlst=None):
-        if rqlst is not None:
-            warn('[3.20] rqlst parameter is deprecated',
-                 DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+    def __init__(self, results, rql, args=None, description=None):
         self.rows = results
         self.rowcount = results and len(results) or 0
         # original query and arguments
@@ -363,25 +354,17 @@
         rset.limited = (limit, offset)
         return rset
 
-    def printable_rql(self, encoded=_MARKER):
+    def printable_rql(self):
         """return the result set's origin rql as a string, with arguments
         substitued
         """
-        if encoded is not _MARKER:
-            warn('[3.21] the "encoded" argument is deprecated', DeprecationWarning)
         encoding = self.req.encoding
         rqlstr = self.syntax_tree().as_string(kwargs=self.args)
         if PY3:
             return rqlstr
-        # sounds like we get encoded or unicode string due to a bug in as_string
-        if not encoded:
-            if isinstance(rqlstr, text_type):
-                return rqlstr
-            return text_type(rqlstr, encoding)
-        else:
-            if isinstance(rqlstr, text_type):
-                return rqlstr.encode(encoding)
+        if isinstance(rqlstr, text_type):
             return rqlstr
+        return text_type(rqlstr, encoding)
 
     # client helper methods ###################################################
 

--- a/cubicweb/schema.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/schema.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached, clear_cache, monkeypatch, cachedproperty
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.textutils import splitstrip
 from logilab.common.graph import get_cycles
 
@@ -993,10 +992,6 @@
                     return False
         return True
 
-    @deprecated('use .rdef(subjtype, objtype).role_cardinality(role)')
-    def cardinality(self, subjtype, objtype, target):
-        return self.rdef(subjtype, objtype).role_cardinality(target)
-
 
 class CubicWebSchema(Schema):
     """set of entities and relations schema defining the possible data sets

--- a/cubicweb/schemas/__init__.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/schemas/__init__.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -32,20 +32,3 @@
 # permissions for relation type that should only set by hooks using unsafe
 # execute, readable by anyone
 HOOKS_RTYPE_PERMS = RO_REL_PERMS # XXX deprecates
-
-
-from logilab.common.modutils import LazyObject
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
-class MyLazyObject(LazyObject):
-
-    def _getobj(self):
-        try:
-            return super(MyLazyObject, self)._getobj()
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError('In cubicweb 3.14, function %s has been moved to '
-                              'cube localperms. Install it first.' % self.obj)
-
-for name in ('xperm', 'xexpr', 'xrexpr', 'xorexpr', 'sexpr', 'restricted_sexpr',
-             'restricted_oexpr', 'oexpr', 'relxperm', 'relxexpr', '_perm'):
-    msg = '[3.14] import %s from cubes.localperms' % name
-    globals()[name] = deprecated(msg, name=name, doc='deprecated')(MyLazyObject('cubes.localperms', name))

--- a/cubicweb/selectors.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-# copyright 2003-2012 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
-# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
-#
-# This file is part of CubicWeb.
-#
-# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
-# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-#
-# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
-# details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
-# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-from warnings import warn
-
-from six import string_types
-
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated, class_renamed
-
-from cubicweb.predicates import *
-
-
-warn('[3.15] cubicweb.selectors renamed into cubicweb.predicates',
-     DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-
-# XXX pre 3.15 bw compat
-from cubicweb.appobject import (objectify_selector, traced_selection,
-                                lltrace, yes)
-
-ExpectedValueSelector = class_renamed('ExpectedValueSelector',
-                                      ExpectedValuePredicate)
-EClassSelector = class_renamed('EClassSelector', EClassPredicate)
-EntitySelector = class_renamed('EntitySelector', EntityPredicate)
-
-
-class on_transition(is_in_state):
-    """Return 1 if entity is in one of the transitions given as argument list
-
-    Especially useful to match passed transition to enable notifications when
-    your workflow allows several transition to the same states.
-
-    Note that if workflow `change_state` adapter method is used, this predicate
-    will not be triggered.
-
-    You should use this instead of your own :class:`score_entity` predicate to
-    avoid some gotchas:
-
-    * possible views gives a fake entity with no state
-    * you must use the latest tr info thru the workflow adapter for repository
-      side checking of the current state
-
-    In debug mode, this predicate can raise:
-    :raises: :exc:`ValueError` for unknown transition names
-        (etype workflow only not checked in custom workflow)
-
-    :rtype: int
-    """
-    @deprecated('[3.12] on_transition is deprecated, you should rather use '
-                'on_fire_transition(etype, trname)')
-    def __init__(self, *expected):
-        super(on_transition, self).__init__(*expected)
-
-    def _score(self, adapted):
-        trinfo = adapted.latest_trinfo()
-        if trinfo and trinfo.by_transition:
-            return trinfo.by_transition[0].name in self.expected
-
-    def _validate(self, adapted):
-        wf = adapted.current_workflow
-        valid = [n.name for n in wf.reverse_transition_of]
-        unknown = sorted(self.expected.difference(valid))
-        if unknown:
-            raise ValueError("%s: unknown transition(s): %s"
-                             % (wf.name, ",".join(unknown)))
-
-
-entity_implements = class_renamed('entity_implements', is_instance)
-
-class _but_etype(EntityPredicate):
-    """accept if the given entity types are not found in the result set.
-
-    See `EntityPredicate` documentation for behaviour when row is not specified.
-
-    :param *etypes: entity types (`string_types`) which should be refused
-    """
-    def __init__(self, *etypes):
-        super(_but_etype, self).__init__()
-        self.but_etypes = etypes
-
-    def score(self, req, rset, row, col):
-        if rset.description[row][col] in self.but_etypes:
-            return 0
-        return 1
-
-but_etype = class_renamed('but_etype', _but_etype, 'use ~is_instance(*etypes) instead')
-
-# XXX deprecated the one_* variants of predicates below w/ multi_xxx(nb=1)?
-#     take care at the implementation though (looking for the 'row' argument's
-#     value)
-two_lines_rset = class_renamed('two_lines_rset', multi_lines_rset)
-two_cols_rset = class_renamed('two_cols_rset', multi_columns_rset)
-two_etypes_rset = class_renamed('two_etypes_rset', multi_etypes_rset)

--- a/cubicweb/server/hook.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/hook.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@
 from itertools import chain
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import classproperty, cached
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated, class_renamed
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods
 from logilab.common.registry import (NotPredicate, OrPredicate,
                                      objectify_predicate)
@@ -428,10 +427,6 @@
 def issued_from_user_query(cls, req, **kwargs):
     return 0 if req.hooks_in_progress else 1
 
-from_dbapi_query = class_renamed('from_dbapi_query',
-                                 issued_from_user_query,
-                                 message='[3.21] ')
-
 
 class rechain(object):
     def __init__(self, *iterators):
@@ -738,11 +733,6 @@
         self.processed = None # 'precommit', 'commit'
         self.failed = False
 
-    @property
-    @deprecated('[3.19] Operation.session is deprecated, use Operation.cnx instead')
-    def session(self):
-        return self.cnx
-
     def register(self, cnx):
         cnx.add_operation(self, self.insert_index())
 

--- a/cubicweb/server/migractions.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/migractions.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 from six import PY2, text_type
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached, clear_cache
 
 from yams.buildobjs import EntityType
@@ -1385,20 +1384,6 @@
         """find entities of the given type and attribute values"""
         return self.cnx.find(etype, **kwargs)
 
-    @deprecated("[3.19] use find(*args, **kwargs).entities() instead")
-    def cmd_find_entities(self, etype, **kwargs):
-        """find entities of the given type and attribute values"""
-        return self.cnx.find(etype, **kwargs).entities()
-
-    @deprecated("[3.19] use find(*args, **kwargs).one() instead")
-    def cmd_find_one_entity(self, etype, **kwargs):
-        """find one entity of the given type and attribute values.
-
-        raise :exc:`cubicweb.req.FindEntityError` if can not return one and only
-        one entity.
-        """
-        return self.cnx.find(etype, **kwargs).one()
-
     def cmd_update_etype_fti_weight(self, etype, weight):
         if self.repo.system_source.dbdriver == 'postgres':
             self.sqlexec('UPDATE appears SET weight=%(weight)s '
@@ -1548,10 +1533,6 @@
         if commit:
             self.commit()
 
-    @deprecated("[3.15] use rename_relation_type(oldname, newname)")
-    def cmd_rename_relation(self, oldname, newname, commit=True):
-        self.cmd_rename_relation_type(oldname, newname, commit)
-
 
 class ForRqlIterator:
     """specific rql iterator to make the loop skipable"""

--- a/cubicweb/server/querier.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/querier.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 ETYPE_PYOBJ_MAP[Binary] = 'Bytes'
 
 
-def empty_rset(rql, args, rqlst=None):
+def empty_rset(rql, args):
     """build an empty result set object"""
-    return ResultSet([], rql, args, rqlst=rqlst)
+    return ResultSet([], rql, args)
 
 
 # permission utilities ########################################################

--- a/cubicweb/server/repository.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/repository.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 from six.moves import range, queue
 
 from logilab.common.decorators import cached, clear_cache
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 
 from yams import BadSchemaDefinition
 from rql.utils import rqlvar_maker
@@ -323,14 +322,6 @@
                        for sourceent, source in self._sources())
         return mapping
 
-    @property
-    @deprecated("[3.25] use source_by_eid(<eid>)")
-    def sources_by_eid(self):
-        mapping = {self.system_source.eid: self.system_source}
-        mapping.update((sourceent.eid, source)
-                       for sourceent, source in self._sources())
-        return mapping
-
     def _sources(self):
         if self.config.quick_start:
             return
@@ -516,31 +507,6 @@
 
     # public (dbapi) interface ################################################
 
-    @deprecated("[3.19] use _cw.call_service('repo_stats')")
-    def stats(self):  # XXX restrict to managers session?
-        """Return a dictionary containing some statistics about the repository
-        resources usage.
-
-        This is a public method, not requiring a session id.
-
-        This method is deprecated in favor of using _cw.call_service('repo_stats')
-        """
-        with self.internal_cnx() as cnx:
-            return cnx.call_service('repo_stats')
-
-    @deprecated("[3.19] use _cw.call_service('repo_gc_stats')")
-    def gc_stats(self, nmax=20):
-        """Return a dictionary containing some statistics about the repository
-        memory usage.
-
-        This is a public method, not requiring a session id.
-
-        nmax is the max number of (most) referenced object returned as
-        the 'referenced' result
-        """
-        with self.internal_cnx() as cnx:
-            return cnx.call_service('repo_gc_stats', nmax=nmax)
-
     def get_schema(self):
         """Return the instance schema.
 
@@ -561,16 +527,11 @@
         cubes.remove('cubicweb')
         return cubes
 
-    def get_option_value(self, option, foreid=None):
+    def get_option_value(self, option):
         """Return the value for `option` in the configuration.
 
         This is a public method, not requiring a session id.
-
-        `foreid` argument is deprecated and now useless (as of 3.19).
         """
-        if foreid is not None:
-            warn('[3.19] foreid argument is deprecated', DeprecationWarning,
-                 stacklevel=2)
         # XXX we may want to check we don't give sensible information
         return self.config[option]
 
@@ -631,17 +592,6 @@
                                         'P pkey K, P value V, NOT P for_user U',
                                         build_descr=False)
 
-    @deprecated("[3.19] Use session.call_service('register_user') instead'")
-    def register_user(self, login, password, email=None, **kwargs):
-        """check a user with the given login exists, if not create it with the
-        given password. This method is designed to be used for anonymous
-        registration on public web site.
-        """
-        with self.internal_cnx() as cnx:
-            cnx.call_service('register_user', login=login, password=password,
-                             email=email, **kwargs)
-            cnx.commit()
-
     def find_users(self, fetch_attrs, **query_attrs):
         """yield user attributes for cwusers matching the given query_attrs
         (the result set cannot survive this method call)

--- a/cubicweb/server/session.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/session.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 from six import text_type
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.registry import objectify_predicate
 
 from cubicweb import QueryError, ProgrammingError, schema, server
@@ -73,15 +72,6 @@
     return req.vreg.config.repairing
 
 
-@deprecated('[3.17] use <object>.allow/deny_all_hooks_but instead')
-def hooks_control(obj, mode, *categories):
-    assert mode in (HOOKS_ALLOW_ALL, HOOKS_DENY_ALL)
-    if mode == HOOKS_ALLOW_ALL:
-        return obj.allow_all_hooks_but(*categories)
-    elif mode == HOOKS_DENY_ALL:
-        return obj.deny_all_hooks_but(*categories)
-
-
 class _hooks_control(object):
     """context manager to control activated hooks categories.
 
@@ -123,11 +113,6 @@
         self.cnx._hooks_categories = self.old_categories
 
 
-@deprecated('[3.17] use <object>.security_enabled instead')
-def security_enabled(obj, *args, **kwargs):
-    return obj.security_enabled(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 class _security_enabled(object):
     """context manager to control security w/ session.execute,
 
@@ -390,11 +375,6 @@
     # shared data handling ###################################################
 
     @property
-    @deprecated('[3.25] use transaction_data or req.session.data', stacklevel=3)
-    def data(self):
-        return self.transaction_data
-
-    @property
     def rql_rewriter(self):
         return self._rewriter
 
@@ -409,24 +389,6 @@
         self.local_perm_cache.clear()
         self.rewriter = RQLRewriter(self)
 
-    @deprecated('[3.19] cnxset are automatically managed now.'
-                ' stop using explicit set and free.')
-    def set_cnxset(self):
-        pass
-
-    @deprecated('[3.19] cnxset are automatically managed now.'
-                ' stop using explicit set and free.')
-    def free_cnxset(self, ignoremode=False):
-        pass
-
-    @property
-    @contextmanager
-    @_open_only
-    @deprecated('[3.21] a cnxset is automatically set on __enter__ call now.'
-                ' stop using .ensure_cnx_set')
-    def ensure_cnx_set(self):
-        yield
-
     # Entity cache management #################################################
     #
     # The connection entity cache as held in cnx.transaction_data is removed at the
@@ -702,12 +664,6 @@
         """Return entity type for the entity with id `eid`."""
         return self.repo.type_from_eid(eid, self)
 
-    @deprecated('[3.24] use entity_type(eid) instead')
-    @_open_only
-    def entity_metas(self, eid):
-        """Return a dictionary {type}) for the entity with id `eid`."""
-        return {'type': self.repo.type_from_eid(eid, self)}
-
     # core method #############################################################
 
     @_open_only

--- a/cubicweb/server/sources/datafeed.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/sources/datafeed.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 from pytz import utc
 from lxml import etree
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
-
 from cubicweb import ObjectNotFound, ValidationError, SourceException, _
 from cubicweb.server.sources import AbstractSource
 from cubicweb.appobject import AppObject
@@ -365,20 +363,6 @@
 
 class DataFeedXMLParser(DataFeedParser):
 
-    @deprecated()
-    def process(self, url, raise_on_error=False):
-        """IDataFeedParser main entry point"""
-        try:
-            parsed = self.parse(url)
-        except Exception as ex:
-            if raise_on_error:
-                raise
-            self.import_log.record_error(str(ex))
-            return True
-        for args in parsed:
-            self.process_item(*args, raise_on_error=raise_on_error)
-        return False
-
     def parse(self, url):
         stream = self.retrieve_url(url)
         return self.parse_etree(etree.parse(stream).getroot())

--- a/cubicweb/server/sqlutils.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/sqlutils.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 from logilab import database as db, common as lgc
 from logilab.common.shellutils import ProgressBar, DummyProgressBar
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods
 from logilab.common.date import utctime, utcdatetime, strptime
 from logilab.database.sqlgen import SQLGenerator
@@ -237,21 +236,6 @@
         self.cnx = self._source.get_connection()
         self.cu = self.cnx.cursor()
 
-    @deprecated('[3.19] use .cu instead')
-    def __getitem__(self, uri):
-        assert uri == 'system'
-        return self.cu
-
-    @deprecated('[3.19] use repo.system_source instead')
-    def source(self, uid):
-        assert uid == 'system'
-        return self._source
-
-    @deprecated('[3.19] use .cnx instead')
-    def connection(self, uid):
-        assert uid == 'system'
-        return self.cnx
-
 
 class SqliteConnectionWrapper(ConnectionWrapper):
     """Sqlite specific connection wrapper: close the connection each time it's

--- a/cubicweb/server/test/data-schema2sql/schema/Company.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/test/data-schema2sql/schema/Company.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 from yams.buildobjs import EntityType, RelationType, RelationDefinition, \
      SubjectRelation, String
 
+from cubicweb import _
+
 class Company(EntityType):
     name = String()
 

--- a/cubicweb/server/utils.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/utils.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 from passlib.utils import handlers as uh, to_hash_str
 from passlib.context import CryptContext
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
-
 from cubicweb.md5crypt import crypt as md5crypt
 
 
@@ -83,17 +81,6 @@
     return b''
 
 
-@deprecated('[3.22] no more necessary, directly get eschema.eid')
-def eschema_eid(cnx, eschema):
-    """get eid of the CWEType entity for the given yams type.
-
-    This used to be necessary because when the schema has been loaded from the
-    file-system, not from the database, (e.g. during tests), eschema.eid was
-    not set.
-    """
-    return eschema.eid
-
-
 DEFAULT_MSG = 'we need a manager connection on the repository \
 (the server doesn\'t have to run, even should better not)'
 

--- a/cubicweb/test/unittest_entity.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_entity.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -837,16 +837,6 @@
             note.cw_set(ecrit_par=person.eid)
             self.assertEqual(len(person.reverse_ecrit_par), 2)
 
-    def test_metainformation(self):
-        with self.admin_access.client_cnx() as cnx:
-            note = cnx.create_entity('Note', type=u'z')
-            cnx.commit()
-            note.cw_clear_all_caches()
-            metainf = note.cw_metainformation()
-            self.assertEqual(metainf, {'type': u'Note',
-                                       'extid': None,
-                                       'source': {'uri': 'system'}})
-
     def test_absolute_url_empty_field(self):
         with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
             card = req.create_entity('Card', wikiid=u'', title=u'test')

--- a/cubicweb/test/unittest_predicates.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_predicates.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@
                                  multi_lines_rset, score_entity, is_in_state,
                                  rql_condition, relation_possible, match_form_params,
                                  paginated_rset)
-from cubicweb.selectors import on_transition # XXX on_transition is deprecated
 from cubicweb.view import EntityAdapter
 from cubicweb.web import action
 
 
-
 class ImplementsTC(CubicWebTC):
     def test_etype_priority(self):
         with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
@@ -147,65 +145,6 @@
             self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
                              "wf_test: unknown state(s): unknown,weird")
 
-    def test_on_transition(self):
-        with self.statefull_stuff() as (req, wf_entity, rset, adapter):
-            for transition in ('validate', 'forsake'):
-                selector = on_transition(transition)
-                self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-
-            adapter.fire_transition('validate')
-            req.cnx.commit(); wf_entity.cw_clear_all_caches()
-            self.assertEqual(adapter.state, 'validated')
-
-            clear_cache(rset, 'get_entity')
-
-            selector = on_transition("validate")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 1)
-            selector = on_transition("validate", "forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 1)
-            selector = on_transition("forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-
-            adapter.fire_transition('forsake')
-            req.cnx.commit(); wf_entity.cw_clear_all_caches()
-            self.assertEqual(adapter.state, 'abandoned')
-
-            clear_cache(rset, 'get_entity')
-
-            selector = on_transition("validate")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-            selector = on_transition("validate", "forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 1)
-            selector = on_transition("forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 1)
-
-    def test_on_transition_unvalid_names(self):
-        with self.statefull_stuff() as (req, wf_entity, rset, adapter):
-            selector = on_transition("unknown")
-            with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
-                selector(None, req, rset=rset)
-            self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
-                             "wf_test: unknown transition(s): unknown")
-            selector = on_transition("weird", "unknown", "validate", "weird")
-            with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
-                selector(None, req, rset=rset)
-            self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
-                             "wf_test: unknown transition(s): unknown,weird")
-
-    def test_on_transition_with_no_effect(self):
-        """selector will not be triggered with `change_state()`"""
-        with self.statefull_stuff() as (req, wf_entity, rset, adapter):
-            adapter.change_state('validated')
-            req.cnx.commit(); wf_entity.cw_clear_all_caches()
-            self.assertEqual(adapter.state, 'validated')
-
-            selector = on_transition("validate")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-            selector = on_transition("validate", "forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-            selector = on_transition("forsake")
-            self.assertEqual(selector(None, req, rset=rset), 0)
-
 
 class RelationPossibleTC(CubicWebTC):
 

--- a/cubicweb/test/unittest_req.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_req.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main
 from cubicweb import ObjectNotFound
-from cubicweb.req import RequestSessionBase, FindEntityError
+from cubicweb.req import RequestSessionBase
 from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
 from cubicweb import Unauthorized
 
@@ -62,64 +62,12 @@
         with self.admin_access.repo_cnx() as session:
             self.assertEqual(session.base_url(), base_url)
 
-    def test_secure_deprecated(self):
-        with self.admin_access.cnx() as cnx:
-            with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-                cnx.base_url(secure=True)
-            with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-                cnx.base_url(thing=42)
-            with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-                cnx.build_url('ah', __secure__='whatever')
-
     def test_view_catch_ex(self):
         with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
             rset = req.execute('CWUser X WHERE X login "hop"')
             self.assertEqual(req.view('oneline', rset, 'null'), '')
             self.assertRaises(ObjectNotFound, req.view, 'onelinee', rset, 'null')
 
-    def test_find_one_entity(self):
-        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
-            req.create_entity(
-                'CWUser', login=u'cdevienne', upassword=u'cdevienne',
-                surname=u'de Vienne', firstname=u'Christophe',
-                in_group=req.find('CWGroup', name=u'users').one())
-
-            req.create_entity(
-                'CWUser', login=u'adim', upassword='adim', surname=u'di mascio',
-                firstname=u'adrien',
-                in_group=req.find('CWGroup', name=u'users').one())
-
-            u = req.find_one_entity('CWUser', login=u'cdevienne')
-            self.assertEqual(u.firstname, u"Christophe")
-
-            with self.assertRaises(FindEntityError):
-                req.find_one_entity('CWUser', login=u'patanok')
-
-            with self.assertRaises(FindEntityError):
-                req.find_one_entity('CWUser')
-
-    def test_find_entities(self):
-        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
-            req.create_entity(
-                'CWUser', login=u'cdevienne', upassword=u'cdevienne',
-                surname=u'de Vienne', firstname=u'Christophe',
-                in_group=req.find('CWGroup', name=u'users').one())
-
-            req.create_entity(
-                'CWUser', login=u'adim', upassword='adim', surname=u'di mascio',
-                firstname=u'adrien',
-                in_group=req.find('CWGroup', name=u'users').one())
-
-            users = list(req.find_entities('CWUser', login=u'cdevienne'))
-            self.assertEqual(1, len(users))
-            self.assertEqual(users[0].firstname, u"Christophe")
-
-            users = list(req.find_entities('CWUser', login=u'patanok'))
-            self.assertEqual(0, len(users))
-
-            users = list(req.find_entities('CWUser'))
-            self.assertEqual(4, len(users))
-
     def test_find(self):
         with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
             req.create_entity(

--- a/cubicweb/test/unittest_rtags.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_rtags.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -137,18 +137,6 @@
                          {'key0': 'val00', 'key4': 'val4'})
 
 
-class DeprecatedInstanceWithoutModule(BaseTestCase):
-
-    def test_deprecated_instance_without_module(self):
-        class SubRelationTags(RelationTags):
-            pass
-        with self.assertWarnsRegex(
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            'instantiate SubRelationTags with __module__=__name__',
-        ):
-            SubRelationTags()
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import unittest
     unittest.main()

--- a/cubicweb/uilib.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/uilib.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape, html_unescape
 from logilab.common.date import ustrftime
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 
 from cubicweb import _
 from cubicweb.utils import js_dumps
@@ -143,10 +142,6 @@
     'Interval': print_timedelta,
     }
 
-@deprecated('[3.14] use req.printable_value(attrtype, value, ...)')
-def printable_value(req, attrtype, value, props=None, displaytime=True):
-    return req.printable_value(attrtype, value, props, displaytime)
-
 def css_em_num_value(vreg, propname, default):
     """ we try to read an 'em' css property
     if we get another unit we're out of luck and resort to the given default

--- a/cubicweb/utils.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/utils.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 from six import text_type
 
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.date import ustrftime
 
 from cubicweb import Binary
@@ -442,14 +441,6 @@
         # keep main_stream's reference on req for easier text/html demoting
         req.main_stream = self
 
-    @deprecated('[3.17] there are no namespaces in html, xhtml is not served any longer')
-    def add_namespace(self, prefix, uri):
-        pass
-
-    @deprecated('[3.17] there are no namespaces in html, xhtml is not served any longer')
-    def set_namespaces(self, namespaces):
-        pass
-
     def add_htmlattr(self, attrname, attrvalue):
         self._htmlattrs.append( (attrname, attrvalue) )
 

--- a/cubicweb/view.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/view.py	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 from six.moves import range
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 from logilab.common.registry import yes
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
 

--- a/doc/changes/3.27.rst	Thu Mar 14 14:45:35 2019 +0100
+++ b/doc/changes/3.27.rst	Thu Mar 14 12:08:37 2019 +0100
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 
 .. _pytest-xdist: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
 
+Deprecated code drops
+---------------------
+
+Most code deprecated until version 3.25 has been dropped.