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| author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2022-08-26 16:43:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2022-08-26 16:43:13 -0700 |
| commit | e6b137d2e9a8219d81eaf216837cc01fc6126ba3 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e856213a80bbcc7026e5aee5e89f5f1a9192e64 | |
| parent | 41e9d78edbbc2c19906de7302f2666ba980ccac9 (diff) | |
| download | xorg-lib-libXp-e6b137d2e9a8219d81eaf216837cc01fc6126ba3.tar.gz | |
Add deprecation notice to README
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
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@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@ libXp - X Print Client Library ------------------------------ +This library provides support for X11 clients to print via the X Print +Extension, as previously implemented in the Xprt server. X.Org removed +support for the Xprt server from the xorg-server releases in the 1.6.0 +release in 2009, and the standalone git repo it was moved to has been +unmaintained since 2009, making it difficult to actually use this library. + +While X.Org has continued to maintain this library for binary compatibility, +we do not plan to do so for the long term and encourage anyone still building +or shipping it to investigate how to stop doing so going forward as we now +consider it to be deprecated. + All questions regarding this software should be directed at the Xorg mailing list: |