release-notes r1261 - in branches/gnome-2-26: . help/C

[ovitters svn gnome org]

Author: ovitters
Date: Fri Mar  6 08:30:42 2009
New Revision: 1261
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/release-notes?rev=1261&view=rev

Log:
	* help/C/rndevelopers.xml: Add section regarding deprecated parts of
	GNOME stack.



Modified:
   branches/gnome-2-26/ChangeLog
   branches/gnome-2-26/help/C/rndevelopers.xml

Modified: branches/gnome-2-26/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/gnome-2-26/help/C/rndevelopers.xml	(original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-26/help/C/rndevelopers.xml	Fri Mar  6 08:30:42 2009
@@ -17,5 +17,26 @@
 		forward to <xref linkend="rnmobile"/>.
 	</para>
 
+	<sect2 id="rndevelopers.deprecated">
+		<title>Fixing usage of deprecated libraries</title>
+
+		<para>
+			Starting with GNOME 3.0, various deprecated parts of GNOME will be
+			removed. These deprecated parts include various GNOME specific libraries
+			such as libgnome, libgnomeui, libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui, libglade,
+			libgnomevfs. For the applications shipped with GNOME, various cleanup
+			tasks have been performed as <ulink
+				url="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals";>GNOME goals</ulink> to ensure no
+			deprecated code is used. This to ensure these application can smoothly
+			transition to GNOME 3.0.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+			Application developers are strongly urged to follow this example. Further,
+			we appreciate developer who would wish to help, see the <ulink
+				url="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals";>GNOME goals</ulink> wiki page for
+			the various tasks that still have to be performed.
+		</para>
+	</sect2>
 </sect1>
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