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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2008-07-21 14:49:46 +0000
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2008-07-21 14:49:46 +0000
commit24efc5abf87da9e397aed03d86c3f91947894c1e (patch)
tree7941c8d78060efc7740ebdabea4018abf1354688 /etc/NEWS
parent00546c7f3c6fd4fc8e438ce8ce55f534656baf87 (diff)
downloademacs-24efc5abf87da9e397aed03d86c3f91947894c1e.tar.gz
Announce future deprecation.
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@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ a GIF library.
+++
*** Emacs now supports the SVG image format through librsvg2.
-** The Mac Carbon port is no longer supported.
-Instead, use... [FIXME what?]
+** New NeXTSTEP-based port
+This provides support for GNUStep (via the GNUStep libraries) and Mac
+OS X (via the Cocoa libraries). See nextstep/README and
+nextstep/INSTALL in the Emacs source directory.
+
+** Mac OS X is no longer supported via Carbon.
+Use the NeXTSTEP port, described above.
** The new configuration option "--with-dbus" enables D-Bus language
bindings for Emacs.
@@ -69,6 +74,17 @@ See the list at the end of etc/MACHINES for details.
---
*** The `emacstool' utility has been removed.
+** The following platforms will be removed in a future Emacs version:
+
+*** Libc version 5 on GNU/Linux.
+
+*** Old FreeBSD and NetBSD systems based on the COFF executable
+ format.
+
+*** Solaris versions 2.6 and below.
+
+*** Compilation using the NO_SHARED_LIBS flag.
+
---
** The configure options `--with-gcc', `--without-gcc' have been removed.
Configure will use gcc by default. Set the CC environment variable if