[pdd]: some small reviews including:  * marked off items to review and proposals from RT  * some directives/ops/... revisited  * some updates from DEPRECATED  * updated 'type'
[pdd]: some small reviews including:
 * marked off items to review and proposals from RT
 * some directives/ops/... revisited
 * some updates from DEPRECATED
 * updated 'type'


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