# Drop deprecated packages support

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-deprecated-packages-support/202151>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [January 23, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-deprecated-packages-support/202151 "2011-01-23T06:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-deprecated-packages-support/202151/1 "2011-01-23T06:44:36Z")

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Hi,

We will drop deprecated packages support. “Deprecated  
packages” means that “it will be deprecated at GNOME3”  
and/or “we doesn’t have maintainer of it”. Because we  
doesn’t have enough resources to maintain deprecated  
packages.

Here are package list. “x” means that “it’s a deprecated  
package” and “o” means that “it’s _not_ a deprecated  
packages”. The list is created by Masaaki A… (Thanks!)

atk o  
bonobo x  
bonoboui x  
gconf x (GSettings in GIO)  
gdk\_pixbuf2 o  
gio2 o  
glib2 o  
gnome x  
gnomecanvas x  
gnomeprint x  
gnomeprintui x  
gnomevfs x  
goocanvas o  
gstreamer o  
gtk2 o  
gtkglext o  
gtkhtml2 x  
gtkmozembed o  
gtksourceview x  
gtksourceview2 o  
libart x  
libglade x  
panel-applet x (replaced wit hGNOME-Shell)  
pango o  
poppler o  
rsvg2 o  
vte o

Here is dropping steps:

1. We create a path for deprecated packages in the  
repository. Its URL will be  
[Ruby-GNOME 2 download | SourceForge.net](https://ruby-gnome2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/deprecated/)

2. We move each deprecated package to the above URL from  
trunk step by step.

Deprecated packages will not be released new version. (It  
may be fixed a critical bug but will not be fixed other  
bugs. Because we doesn’t have a maintainer for those  
packages.)

If there is no objections, we will do this proposal.

Any comments?

## Thanks,

kou

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**Author:** ![Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kouhei_S)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drop-deprecated-packages-support/202151/2 "2011-01-23T08:29:01Z")

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It is a good decision to concentrate on some packages.

2011/1/23 Kouhei S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):