Translations:FAQ/248/en

Why was support for old server protocols dropped?
The problem with keeping support for rather old protocols is:
 * It clutters the source, because you now have many exceptions to the rule
 * It causes bugs, for the same reason, and because this code is undertested
 * It causes network-wide issues. For example SID/UID solved many desync issues that resulted from nick collisions, when at least 1 server does not run with SID support it negated these fixes.