Index: openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/xotcl-core.info
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/xotcl-core.info,v
diff -u -N -r1.95 -r1.96
--- openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/xotcl-core.info	13 Dec 2017 20:42:31 -0000	1.95
+++ openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/xotcl-core.info	22 Jan 2018 00:57:06 -0000	1.96
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <inherit-templates-p>t</inherit-templates-p>
     <auto-mount>xotcl</auto-mount>
 
-    <version name="5.10.0d3" url="http://media.wu-wien.ac.at/download/xotcl-core-5.10.0d3.apm">
+    <version name="5.10.0d4" url="http://media.wu-wien.ac.at/download/xotcl-core-5.10.0d4.apm">
         <owner url="mailto:neumann@wu-wien.ac.at">Gustaf Neumann</owner>
         <summary>XOTcl library functionality (e.g. thread handling, online documentation, Generic Form and List Classes)</summary>
         <release-date>2017-08-06</release-date>
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
         <license>BSD-Style</license>
         <maturity>2</maturity>
 
-        <provides url="xotcl-core" version="5.10.0d3"/>
+        <provides url="xotcl-core" version="5.10.0d4"/>
 	<requires url="acs-kernel" version="5.9.1"/>
 	<requires url="acs-templating" version="5.9.1"/>
 	<requires url="acs-api-browser" version="5.9.1"/>
 	<requires url="acs-content-repository" version="5.9.1"/>
-        <requires url="acs-tcl" version="5.9.1"/>
+        <requires url="acs-tcl" version="5.10.0d4"/>
 
         <callbacks>
             <callback type="before-install"  proc="::xotcl-core::before-install"/>
Index: openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.33 -r1.34
--- openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl	13 Dec 2017 20:42:31 -0000	1.33
+++ openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl	22 Jan 2018 00:57:06 -0000	1.34
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@
   @cvs-id $Id$
 }
 
+
+#
+# The xotcl HTTP client procs are deprecated.
+# Use util::http::get/post/... etc. instead
+#
+
+if {![ad_with_deprecated_code_p]} {
+    ns_log notice "http-client-procs: skip deprecated code"
+    return
+}
+ns_log notice "http-client-procs include depreacted code"
+
+
 namespace eval ::xo {
   #
   # Defined classes