Asterisk 1.6 and macros

Is FreePBX working on replacing all its macro functions so that it’s compatible with Asterisk 1.6?
Reference:
http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2008-March/207808.html

derecated means it will go away the next release. We will review the overall implications but I suspect we won’t remove them until 1.8. Don’t forget, 1.6 is still only beta…