doc: use "is" rather than "has been"

In deprecations.md, there are many uses of "has been" that are mildly
awkward. This changes several instances of things like "fhqwhgads() has
been deprecated" to "fhqwhgads() is deprecated".

Especially for non-native speakers, present tense is generally easier to
read and understand than past participles. (Or at least that's my
experience reading things in languages other than English.)

PR-URL: #21043
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Gus Caplan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Сковорода Никита Андреевич <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

Author: Trott

doc/api/deprecations.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 <!-- type=misc -->
 
 Node.js may deprecate APIs when either: (a) use of the API is considered to be
-unsafe, (b) an improved alternative API has been made available, or (c)
-breaking changes to the API are expected in a future major release.
+unsafe, (b) an improved alternative API is available, or (c) breaking changes to
+the API are expected in a future major release.
 
 Node.js utilizes three kinds of Deprecations:
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ be printed to `stderr` the first time the deprecated API is used. When the
 `--throw-deprecation` command-line flag is used, a Runtime deprecation will
 cause an error to be thrown.
 
-An End-of-Life deprecation is used to identify code that either has been
-removed or will soon be removed from Node.js.
+An End-of-Life deprecation is used when functionality is or will soon be removed
+from Node.js.
 
 ## Revoking deprecations
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ precisely describe the actual semantics and was unnecessarily emotion-laden.
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The `constants` module has been deprecated. When requiring access to constants
+The `constants` module is deprecated. When requiring access to constants
 relevant to specific Node.js builtin modules, developers should instead refer
 to the `constants` property exposed by the relevant module. For instance,
 `require('fs').constants` and `require('os').constants`.
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ instead.
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`SlowBuffer`][] class has been deprecated. Please use
+The [`SlowBuffer`][] class is deprecated. Please use
 [`Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size)`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0031"></a>
@@ -326,58 +326,58 @@ The [`domain`][] module is deprecated and should not be used.
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)`][] API has been
+The [`EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)`][] API is
 deprecated. Please use [`emitter.listenerCount(eventName)`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0034"></a>
 ### DEP0034: fs.exists(path, callback)
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`fs.exists(path, callback)`][] API has been deprecated. Please use
+The [`fs.exists(path, callback)`][] API is deprecated. Please use
 [`fs.stat()`][] or [`fs.access()`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0035"></a>
 ### DEP0035: fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback)
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback)`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback)`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0036"></a>
 ### DEP0036: fs.lchmodSync(path, mode)
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`fs.lchmodSync(path, mode)`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`fs.lchmodSync(path, mode)`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0037"></a>
 ### DEP0037: fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback)
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback)`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback)`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0038"></a>
 ### DEP0038: fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid)
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid)`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid)`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0039"></a>
 ### DEP0039: require.extensions
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`require.extensions`][] property has been deprecated.
+The [`require.extensions`][] property is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0040"></a>
 ### DEP0040: punycode module
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`punycode`][] module has been deprecated. Please use a userland alternative
+The [`punycode`][] module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative
 instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0041"></a>
@@ -393,137 +393,137 @@ The `NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE` environment variable was removed. Please use
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`tls.CryptoStream`][] class has been deprecated. Please use
+The [`tls.CryptoStream`][] class is deprecated. Please use
 [`tls.TLSSocket`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0043"></a>
 ### DEP0043: tls.SecurePair
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`tls.SecurePair`][] class has been deprecated. Please use
+The [`tls.SecurePair`][] class is deprecated. Please use
 [`tls.TLSSocket`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0044"></a>
 ### DEP0044: util.isArray()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isArray()`][] API has been deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()`
+The [`util.isArray()`][] API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()`
 instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0045"></a>
 ### DEP0045: util.isBoolean()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isBoolean()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isBoolean()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0046"></a>
 ### DEP0046: util.isBuffer()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isBuffer()`][] API has been deprecated. Please use
+The [`util.isBuffer()`][] API is deprecated. Please use
 [`Buffer.isBuffer()`][] instead.
 
 <a id="DEP0047"></a>
 ### DEP0047: util.isDate()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isDate()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isDate()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0048"></a>
 ### DEP0048: util.isError()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isError()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isError()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0049"></a>
 ### DEP0049: util.isFunction()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isFunction()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isFunction()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0050"></a>
 ### DEP0050: util.isNull()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isNull()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isNull()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0051"></a>
 ### DEP0051: util.isNullOrUndefined()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isNullOrUndefined()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isNullOrUndefined()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0052"></a>
 ### DEP0052: util.isNumber()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isNumber()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isNumber()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0053"></a>
 ### DEP0053 util.isObject()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isObject()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isObject()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0054"></a>
 ### DEP0054: util.isPrimitive()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isPrimitive()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isPrimitive()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0055"></a>
 ### DEP0055: util.isRegExp()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isRegExp()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isRegExp()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0056"></a>
 ### DEP0056: util.isString()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isString()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isString()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0057"></a>
 ### DEP0057: util.isSymbol()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isSymbol()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isSymbol()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0058"></a>
 ### DEP0058: util.isUndefined()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.isUndefined()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.isUndefined()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0059"></a>
 ### DEP0059: util.log()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util.log()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util.log()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0060"></a>
 ### DEP0060: util.\_extend()
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The [`util._extend()`][] API has been deprecated.
+The [`util._extend()`][] API is deprecated.
 
 <a id="DEP0061"></a>
 ### DEP0061: fs.SyncWriteStream
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ API. No alternative API is available. Please use a userland alternative.
 
 Type: Runtime
 
-`--debug` activates the legacy V8 debugger interface, which has been removed as
+`--debug` activates the legacy V8 debugger interface, which was removed as
 of V8 5.8. It is replaced by Inspector which is activated with `--inspect`
 instead.
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ instead.
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The `http` module `ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader()` API has been
+The `http` module `ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader()` API is
 deprecated. Please use `ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead()` instead.
 
 The `ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader()` method was never documented as an
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ were never documented as officially supported properties.
 
 Type: Documentation-only
 
-The `http` module `OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders()` API has been
+The `http` module `OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders()` API is
 deprecated.
 
 The `OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders` property was never documented as
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ This change was made while `async_hooks` was an experimental API.
 Type: End-of-Life
 
 Accessing several internal, undocumented properties of `net.Server` instances
-with inappropriate names has been deprecated.
+with inappropriate names is deprecated.
 
 As the original API was undocumented and not generally useful for non-internal
 code, no replacement API is provided.
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ difference is that `querystring.parse()` does url decoding:
 
 Type: Runtime
 
-`Module._debug()` has been deprecated.
+`Module._debug()` is deprecated.
 
 The `Module._debug()` function was never documented as an officially
 supported API.