Current plan and steps to remove proxies in Blender.
== Blender 3.0 ==
[x] Remove any user-exposed tool allowing to create proxies (rB59387aabe805).
[x] Auto-convert proxies to library overrides in existing files on load (rBcdcdd2c479b5, rB501b0190d679).
NOTE: During Alpha phase of Blender 3.0, it remains possible to keep existing proxies, by disabling an experimental user preference option, `Proxy to Override Auto Conversion`. Whether this option will be kept for 3.0 release or not is not decided yet.
== Blender 3.2 ==
[x] Handle as best as possible linked proxies (rB286fcb3a605a, rB049df7ef9439).
[x] Remove user preferences option, and the last user-related proxy tools (rB829d93ff069c, rBa83fff7c6324).
[x] Remove all internal proxy management and evaluation code, deprecate related DNA data (rBeb0e0a3b75e0, rBe9fc25835f20).
[x] Update release notes and manual (rBM8923).