However it's very easy to interepret that paragraph as "they are no longer
supported", so let's change the wording at least.
"We expect to deprecate these modules in a future version of GNOME when we
have suitable replacements for them. However, their ABI will never be
broken." might be simpler.
And anyway, we don't really "support" anything - we just don't break the
ABI, and we let various companies support them. "Support" would imply that
someone can come to us with a libbonoboui problem and expect a guarantee
of it being fixed.
However, I'm personally against making non-official official statements
that just spread doubt. An API is either deprecated or it's not. Anything
else should just be talk on a mailing list, and not an official statement
of API stability. This is also the opinion of the SUN guys who are
currently continuing privately (unfortunately) the API/ABI-stability
conversation.
Murray Cumming
murrayc murrayc com
www.murrayc.com
www.openismus.com