Deprecate the REPL command ] generate

[DilumAluthge]

This PR deprecates the REPL command ] generate but leaves Pkg.generate untouched.

@StefanKarpinski @KristofferC

[StefanKarpinski]

This looks good to me. @KristofferC, you good with this now? If so, let's squash-merge it.

[DilumAluthge]

Bump @StefanKarpinski @KristofferC

[anandijain]

😢 bring it back please

[StefanKarpinski]

Why?

[anandijain]

edit: totally missed that it is just ] generate. Still think REPL version should exist.

I use both Pkg.generate() and ]generate frequently.

IMO it feels strange to have a split between the API and functions available to user in Pkg

[StefanKarpinski]

We kept getting complaints that generate was broken or insufficient and no one here wanted to maintain it or make it do all the things that people wanted it to do for them. Would you be willing to figure out what a built-in bare bones generate needs to support and make sure it implements those things?

[pazner]

I'm also a frequent user of ] generate and was disappointed to see that it was deprecated.

We kept getting complaints that generate was broken or insufficient and no one here wanted to maintain it or make it do all the things that people wanted it to do for them. Would you be willing to figure out what a built-in bare bones generate needs to support and make sure it implements those things?

I think the current implementation is already good. I see that there are a couple related open issues (#759, #1917, #2168), I would be willing to help with those if needed.

[anandijain]

Yeah keep it how it is and just stress it is only for minimal package generation. if anybody asks for more then give them PkgTemplates

[StefanKarpinski]

That would be fine if someone wants to revert this and fix those related issues.

[pazner]

That would be fine if someone wants to revert this and fix those related issues.

I took a stab at this. Let me know if you think #2492 would do the trick.