From f1ee9b37532adcccbb8aa0249948d05b31a4d9ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sukera <Seelengrab@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:55:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add deprecation notice on `using`

This adds a deprecation notice that will be printed on `using Formatting`,
to inform users that the package has been deprecated and that they should
consider using a different package.
---
 Project.toml      |  4 +++-
 src/Formatting.jl | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 3a697f4..53e2ed7 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 name = "Formatting"
 uuid = "59287772-0a20-5a39-b81b-1366585eb4c0"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 
 [deps]
+Logging = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 
 [compat]
+Logging = "1"
 julia = "1"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/src/Formatting.jl b/src/Formatting.jl
index e073b29..f39a7f7 100644
--- a/src/Formatting.jl
+++ b/src/Formatting.jl
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 module Formatting
 
     import Base.show
-    using Printf
+    using Printf, Logging
 
     export
         FormatSpec, FormatExpr,
         printfmt, printfmtln, fmt, format,
         sprintf1, generate_formatter
 
+    function __init__()
+        @warn """
+        DEPRECATION NOTICE
+
+        This package has been unmaintained for a while, with some serious
+        bugs comprimising the original purpose of the package. As a result,
+        it has been deprecated - consider using an alternative, such as
+        `Format.jl` (https://github.com/JuliaString/Format.jl) or the `Printf` stdlib directly.
+        """
+    end
+
     include("cformat.jl" )
     include("fmtspec.jl")
     include("fmtcore.jl")