Param vs Field in manifest

[veeco]

Hello Guys,
as far as i concern, JParam is deprecated in J2.5 and now we should use jForm instead. But i see virtuemart plugin parameter still using <param> if i start to use jform <field>  in my plugin, will there be any problem ?

[jenkinhill]

VM developers had kept J1.5 compatibility to help old VM users and slow adopters, but support for 1.5 is now ceased. Now we are looking towards J2.5 and in time, J3, with VirtueMart 2.2

[veeco]

Is it safe to start use <field> instead of <param>