Maintenance Mode and Deprecations in 7.2
With each new DXP release, a feature may not warrant continued enhancements or may become obsolete. Stopping enhancements for a feature puts it in Maintenance Mode.
Maintenance Mode: The feature is supported but no longer being enhanced.
Obsolete features are eventually removed or replaced with newer, better features. Before dropping support for an obsolete feature, Liferay marks it Deprecated.
Deprecated: The feature will be unsupported as early as the next minor version release.
Plan to stop using deprecated features because their support may cease as early as the next minor release.
Please see Maintenance Mode and Deprecation Policies for details.
Deprecated Feature Availability
Deprecated features have different availability:
Bundled: The feature is included in the Liferay product.
Marketplace: The feature is included in a Marketplace app final version.
Final: The final version of the Marketplace app is released for this Liferay version.
Archived: The feature is unavailable, but its code is available in a sources artifact on Liferay’s repository at https://repository.liferay.com/nexus/index.html#welcome.
Removed: The feature and its code are unavailable.
If you’re upgrading from Liferay 7.0 or earlier, examine the deprecations that occurred in the applicable releases:
Features Deprecated in 7.2
Here are the features deprecated in 7.2:
| Feature | Availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AlloyUI | Bundled | Replaced by MetalJS (temporary) exposed as ClayUI tag equivalents. |
| Audience Targeting | Removed | Replaced by Personalization (see Migrating from Audience Targeting). |
| Central Authentication Service (CAS) | Bundled | Migrate to SAML-based authentication. |
| CMIS Store | Removed | Migrate to another File Store option. Before upgrading to Liferay 7.2, migrate your File Store data. |
| Google Login/SSO | Marketplace | Replaced by OpenID Connect. |
| JCRStore | Removed | Migrate to another File Store option. Before upgrading to Liferay 7.2, migrate your File Store data. |
| Liferay Mobile Device Detection Lite | Final | No direct replacement. |
| Liferay Mobile Device Detection Enterprise | Removed | Contact 51Degrees for up-to-date definitions |
| Live Users | Bundled | Enabled through the live.users.enabled Portal Property. |
| NTLM | Removed | Security vulnerabilities persist with NTLM. It is replaced by Kerberos. If you’re using NTLM to authenticate Microsoft Windows™ accounts with , switch to using Kerberos. |
| OAuth 1.0a | Marketplace | Replaced by OAuth 2.0, which is included in the bundle. |
| OpenAM / OpenSSO | Bundled | Migrate to SAML based authentication. |
| OpenID | Marketplace | Replaced by OpenID Connect. |
| Resources Importer | Bundled | Deprecated as of 7.1 with no direct replacement |
| Search widget (classic) in Tools category | Bundled | Deprecated in 7.1. Replaced by the Search widgets in the Search category. |
| Sprite framework | Bundled | Liferay’s image sprite framework is deprecated and is disabled by default via the sprite.enabled Portal Property. You can still build image sprites using any framework you like and deploy them in your plugins. |
| Theme: Fjord | Final | No direct replacement. |
| Theme: Porygon | Final | No direct replacement. |
| Theme: Westeros | Final | No direct replacement. |
| User Group Pages (Copy Mode) | Bundled | See the Legacy User Group Sites Behavior instructions on how to enable it. |
| Web Form | Removed | Final version released for 7.0. |
Features Moved to Maintenance Mode in 7.2
Here are the features moved to maintenance mode in 7.2:
- Liferay Connected Services (LCS)
- Liferay Mobile Experience (Liferay Screens, Liferay Mobile SDK, Liferay Push)
- Liferay Sync
Liferay continues to improve the Staging application, particularly for Remote Live Staging in scenarios that require content to be created in one environment and consumed in another. See Publishing Tools for more information.