base64ct: deprecate Base64Crypt

base64ct/src/alphabet/crypt.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 //! `crypt(3)` Base64 encoding.
 
+#![allow(deprecated)]
+
 use super::{Alphabet, DecodeStep, EncodeStep};
 
-/// `crypt(3)` Base64 encoding.
+/// DEPRECATED: non-standard big endian variant of the `crypt(3)` Base64 encoding.
 ///
 /// ```text
 /// [.-9]      [A-Z]      [a-z]
 /// 0x2e-0x39, 0x41-0x5a, 0x61-0x7a
 /// ```
 ///
-/// Note this encodes using a big endian variant of Base64. Most modern algorithms which can be
-/// used via `crypt(3)` use the little endian [`Base64ShaCrypt`][`crate::Base64ShaCrypt`] variant.
+/// <div class="warning">
+/// This encodes using a big endian variant of Base64. Most modern algorithms which can be
+/// used via `crypt(3)` use the [`Base64ShaCrypt`][`crate::Base64ShaCrypt`] encoding.
+/// </div>
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "1.8.2",
+    note = "non-standard encoding. Use Base64ShaCrypt for all crypt(3) algorithms"
+)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Base64Crypt;
 

base64ct/src/alphabet/shacrypt.rs

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 use super::{Alphabet, DecodeStep, EncodeStep};
 
-/// Little endian variant of the `crypt(3)` Base64 encoding.
+/// `crypt(3)` Base64 encoding.
 ///
-/// Used by the following schemes:
+/// This is the standard Base64 encoding used by password hashes for the following schemes:
 /// - MD5-Crypt
 /// - scrypt
 /// - SHA1-Crypt
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ use super::{Alphabet, DecodeStep, EncodeStep};
 /// [.-9]      [A-Z]      [a-z]
 /// 0x2e-0x39, 0x41-0x5a, 0x61-0x7a
 /// ```
-///
-/// This uses the same alphabet as [`Base64Crypt`][`crate::Base64Crypt`], but uses a little endian
-/// variant of Base64.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Base64ShaCrypt;
 

base64ct/src/lib.rs

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ mod test_vectors;
 pub use crate::{
     alphabet::{
         bcrypt::Base64Bcrypt,
-        crypt::Base64Crypt,
         shacrypt::Base64ShaCrypt,
         standard::{Base64, Base64Unpadded},
         url::{Base64Url, Base64UrlUnpadded},
@@ -101,5 +100,8 @@ pub use crate::{
     line_ending::LineEnding,
 };
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
+pub use crate::alphabet::crypt::Base64Crypt;
+
 /// Minimum supported line width.
 const MIN_LINE_WIDTH: usize = 4;

base64ct/tests/crypt.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! `crypt(3)` Base64 tests
 
+#![allow(deprecated)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 mod common;