Re: ORBit/bonobo deprecation?

[Peter Parente <pparent us ibm com>]

> Also, note that deprecated != unsupported.

I think this is the key point. Can you clarify the distinction? Does 
!unsupported mean module maintainers for bonobo, ORBit, and language 
bindings are still actively accepting patches and fixing bugs as they are 
filed? Does deprecated simply mean new libraries should not begin using 
b&C? More importantly, is the GNOME community at large aware of this 
distinction? I get the feeling that deprecated -> unsupported to many 
people without explicit verbiage stating otherwise.

Maybe some words on the wiki clarifying what the b&C deprecation means 
would be beneficial?

Peter Parente
IBM Linux Accessibility Project
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"Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com> 
05/21/2007 09:12 PM

To
"Ariel Rios" <ariel gnu org>
cc
release-team gnome org, George Kraft/Austin/IBM IBMUS, Peter 
Parente/Raleigh/IBM IBMUS, Larry Weiss/Austin/IBM IBMUS
Subject
Re: ORBit/bonobo deprecation?






Jeff already responded, but an additional point:

On 5/21/07, Ariel Rios <ariel gnu org> wrote:
> Release team,
>
> Recently I had a conversation with Andy Wingo -current maintainer of
> the guile bindings- where he pointed me that bonobo and ORBit are
> scheduled for upcoming deprecation, pointing me to the following page:
>
> http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointNineteen/Platform
(which warning has been on the release pages for several cycles, btw)

> If ORBit and bonobo where to be deprecated then you are also
> deprecating all of the 11y work that depends on both of them.

No, it's just saying that the a11y libraries and apps use deprecated
libraries.  Lots of other stuff in GNOME does too, though thankfully
it's decreasing as time goes on.

Also, note that deprecated != unsupported.

Cheers,
Elijah