From 1a058a14f62020393b845a65fefadd97d8d443cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Wellmann <wellmann.hannes1@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 23:18:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add N&N about Equinox bundle depreciations

New and noteworthy entries for
- https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox/issues/18
- https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox/pull/451
---
 news/4.31/platform_isv.html | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/news/4.31/platform_isv.html b/news/4.31/platform_isv.html
index 60d2698f7..5dc95290f 100644
--- a/news/4.31/platform_isv.html
+++ b/news/4.31/platform_isv.html
@@ -74,6 +74,32 @@ <h2>Platform and Equinox API</h2>
       </td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr id="eclipse-osgi-services_deprecation">
+      <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox/issues/18 -->
+      <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox/issues/191 -->
+      <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/equinox/pull/451 -->
+      <td class="title">Deprecation of Equinox bundles</td>
+      <td class="content">
+        <p>
+          The following Equinox bundles are deprecated for removal.
+        </p>
+          <ul>
+            <li>
+              <code>org.eclipse.osgi.services</code><br/>
+              Its content has been replaced by the official OSGi bundles published to Maven-Central and it only reexports these <code>org.osgi.service.*</code> bundles.
+              Consumers are encouraged to replace their requirements on the bundle <code>org.eclipse.osgi.services</code> by imports of the used <code>org.osgi.service.*</code> packages already now.
+              This allows the OSGi runtime to choose any suitable provider of the package that is available. 
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              <code>org.eclipse.equinox.device</code><br/>
+              This implementation of the <code>org.osgi.service.device</code> is not known to be used anywhere and did not receive updates in the past.
+              It is deprecated for removal from future releases without replacement.
+              In case there are users, they can continue to use past releases, use an alternative implementation or get in contact with the Equinox team.
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+      </td>
+  </tr>
+
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