_xpack vs _watcher

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Hello,

My team curretnly upgraded to ES 5.1. I tried using watcher with both URI's:
GET _xpack/watcher/watch/my_watch
GET _watcher/watcher/watch/my_watch
Which both work. Is this for backwards comatibility. Is one URI preferred than the other?

Thanks in advance Chrome,

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Hey,

go with the _xpack one, the other one will be removed over time.

--Alex

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Cool, thanks @spinscale !