[ANNOUNCE] Removing alchemy_message field from shops

[Rachel Vecchitto]

Hello -

We're in the process of tackling some shop-related cleanup, and as part of this we'd liket to remove the alchemy_message field from shops. This field has been obsolete for over a year now and we're pretty confident that no apps are doing anything with it.

We'd like to turn this field off 2 weeks from now, on Aug 27, 2012. If you're doing anything with this field and need more time to make the change, let me know and we can push that date out another 2 weeks.

Thanks everyone.

-- Rachel

[Rachel Vecchitto]

One more related change -- the is_refusing_alchemy field will also be removed from shops. It will be replaced by accepts_custom_requests, which indicates whether or not the shop owner is open to accepting convos about custom item requests.

The accepts_custom_requests field will show up later today. The is_refusing_alchemy field will go away on Aug 27th, along with alchemy_message.

Thanks! Let me know if there are any questions or concerns.

-- Rachel