doc,meta: prefer aliases and stubs over Runtime Deprecations

Avoid Runtime Deprecations when an alias or a stub/no-op will suffice. An alias or stub will have lower maintenance costs for end users. Refs: #29989 (comment) PR-URL: #30153 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <[email protected]>
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@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ Runtime Deprecations and End-of-Life APIs (internal or public) are breaking
 changes (`semver-major`). The TSC may make exceptions, deciding that one of
 these deprecations is not a breaking change.
 
+Avoid Runtime Deprecations when an alias or a stub/no-op will suffice. An alias
+or stub will have lower maintenance costs for end users and Node.js core.
+
 All deprecations receive a unique and immutable identifier. Documentation,
 warnings, and errors use the identifier when referring to the deprecation. The
 documentation for the deprecation identifier must always remain in the API