Re: deprecated (Re: What Version To Install On iMac?)

[Neal Murphy <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu>]

On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 07:44:03 PM Chris Bannister wrote:
> > How do you call it when software or an administrator is being
> > deprecated, i. e. the process of deprecating something/making something
> 
> I can only think of the word "redundant" (surplus to requirements) at
> the moment. e.g. The administrator was made redundant because of
> restructuring.

I believe the idiom you are looking for is 'put out to pasture': it is no 
longer needed in any way and serves no function, but remains until death and 
the knacker has carted it off.