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[Tim Süberkrüb <tim.sueberkrueb@xxxxxx>]

Hey Tim,

I was wondering whether this change does affect all frameworks?

For example, will an app using the APL and targeting a prior 15.04.X 
framework release break because of this change or will only 15.04.5 apps 
be affected?

Thanks for your reply!

All the best
Tim

Am 19.05.2016 um 16:52 schrieb Tim Peeters:
> Hello all,
>
> As you probably know, some time ago we introduced the new PageHeader 
> component (see 
> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/02/24/pageheader-tutorial/ 
> ). An instance of PageHeader can be assigned to Page.header to define 
> the header of a Page, and if no Page.header is specified, there is an 
> automatic fallback to the old header.
>
> In AdaptivePageLayout (APL), there is also a fallback header in each 
> column, but that complicates the APL implementation, it is not fully 
> covered by tests, and does not support all the features of the new 
> PageHeader, so we will drop support for that soon. We need to do this 
> before we move the APL implementation to C++ (the API will be the 
> same, so no more changes in app code will be needed for that, but the 
> APL will be much faster), so please update your apps now if you are 
> using APL but not the new PageHeader.
>
> We may update the deprecated APL column-header fallback to show a red 
> border before we remove it, as a final warning. The progress on the 
> removal can be followed here: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/+bug/1583587
>
> Comments/suggestions/discussion can be added to the bug report, or as 
> a reply to this e-mail.
>
> Best regards,
> Tim.