deprecate connect_request/reply

minrk · minrk · commit e51a987e1c6f · 2016-08-01T10:59:40.000+02:00
diff --git a/docs/messaging.rst b/docs/messaging.rst
@@ -707,6 +707,11 @@ Message type: ``is_complete_reply``::
 Connect
 -------
 
+.. deprecated:: 5.1
+
+    connect_request/reply have not proved useful, and are considered deprecated.
+    Kernels are not expected to implement handlers for this message.
+
 When a client connects to the request/reply socket of the kernel, it can issue
 a connect request to get basic information about the kernel, such as the ports
 the other ZeroMQ sockets are listening on. This allows clients to only have
