Please add a `last_comment` removal/deprecation warning for now

[connorshea]

NoMethodError: undefined method 'last_comment' for #<Rake::Application:0x00000002b87b38> tells me nothing. Can you please add a Use last_description method warning for now? It can be removed in v12, but this was kind of a surprise and I don't think most people were expecting it.

[kpheasey]

This caused me headaches with a Rails 5 engine and RubyMine configuration. A deprecation warning would have been great.

[bbatsov]

Supposedly this was deprecated a while back, although I haven't seen a deprecation message myself. Most projects quickly released updated rake tasks, with yard being one notable exception so far. It seems to me we're past the point of adding this back - just search for this on GitHub. :-)

[dsawa]

+1, wasn't expecting that.

On the other hand, for me it was enough to update rspec-rails.

For rails, if someone is using a gem that has not been updated yet, you can temporarly set gem 'rake', '< 11' in Gemfile.

[hsbt]

I released Rake 11.1.0 with reverting to last_comment and deprecate it. I wiil remove it at Rake 12. Please report or submit patch to dependency of your application with deprecated usage.

[bronson]

@hsbt just curious, why did you remove last_comment? I can't find a reason in the commit or the issues. Patches to other projects should probably include why this change is necessary.

[connorshea]

@hsbt thank you! :)

[bramski]

Would have been great if this deprecation included some context. I'm seeing this everytime I run rake.

[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.
[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.
[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.
[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.
[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.
[DEPRECATION] `last_comment` is deprecated.  Please use `last_description` instead.

I've grepped my whole codebase which would leave me with grepping my gems to figure out who hasn't upgraded yet. Sweet.

[hsbt]

You need to upgrade rspec or rspec-rails.