In testing some different module installs in 6.0 CTP2 (444), I received the following error when attempting to update changes to the configuration page for DNN Gallery v 4.03.03:

Method: DotNetNuke.Modules.Gallery.Utils.SyncFolderPermissions
StackTrace:
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Method not found: 'DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.TabPermissionCollection DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.TabPermissionController.GetTabPermissionsCollectionByTabID(Int32, Int32)'. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.TabPermissionCollection DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.TabPermissionController.GetTabPermissionsCollectionByTabID(Int32, Int32)'. at DotNetNuke.Modules.Gallery.Utils.SyncFolderPermissions(String specialPermissions, Int32 ModuleId, Int32 TabId) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Gallery.Settings.cmdSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

This was not surprising as Gallery had originally been designed as a DNN 3 module with the above section of code added when it was updated to run on DNN 4.9.3 and above. In preparing a Gallery 4.04.00 upgrade (targeting DNN 5.6.2 minimum)  to hopefully be released when DNN 6.0 releases I had already resolved some 43 warnings related to deprecated core method references - primarily in the area of file system and module/tab/folder permissions.

In comparing some of the DNN 5.6.2 VB code with the C# DNN 6.0 code, it appears that many other previously (as of DNN 5.1) deprecated methods have been removed from the codebase. I agree that this is probably the best time to drop them but we need to stress to extensions builders still supporting DNN 4.x that they MUST thoroughly test their extensions against 6.0 and in many cases will need to prepare a version that supports 5.x and above - likewise for any older "core" modules that are not already being updated for a 6.0 release.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
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Bill, there is no plan to remove any obsoleted methods (though Charles is investigating moving them to a seperate assembly and using redirects to that so that the code is "cleaner") - if you find any such issues please log them as serious bugs. We'll be running the code through a build process to ensure that binary compatibility is maintained but please flag any you catch now so the CTP's can be tested with all 3rd party extensions.

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@Dwayne - That guidance is coming.  CTP2 was dropped in the middle of a major change to the Folder/File APIs.  The developer was still working on moving code from the old API to the new API and putting the appropriate deprecations in place.  All of that is expected to be cleaned up when that new API is fully complete which should be in time for the first Beta at the end of April.

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Joe Brinkman
DNN Corp.