fix(developer): document removal of the "whats new" feature

It was used for Nextcloud changes, but we did not use it since
Nextcloud 20 and now use the firstrunwizard and the update_notification.

Signed-off-by: Ferdinand Thiessen <opensource@fthiessen.de>
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Ferdinand Thiessen
2026-01-28 14:47:28 +01:00
committed by backportbot[bot]
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@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Removed APIs
- The global ``md5`` implementation is removed. It was deprecated since Nextcloud 20 and not used by Nextcloud anymore.
If you still need a ``md5`` implementation you can just use some external package like `crypto-browserify <https://www.npmjs.com/package/crypto-browserify>`_.
- ``OCP.WhatsNew`` was removed.
- ``OC.AppConfig`` was deprecated since Nextcloud 16 and was now removed. Instead use ``OCP.AppConfig``.
- The ``OC.Settings.UserSettings`` api was removed.
- The ``OC.SystemTags`` api was removed. If you need to get the list of system tags,
@@ -253,3 +254,6 @@ Should be replaced by the following code:
}
- The ``\OCP\Files::buildNotExistingFileName`` and related private helper ``\OC_Helper::buildNotExistingFileName`` were deprecated since Nextcloud 14 and were now removed. Use ``\OCP\Files\Folder::getNonExistingName`` instead.
- The ``WhatsNew`` feature was removed as such the ``OC\Updater\ChangesCheck`` class and related APIs.
This also includes the ``whats_new`` database table and the ``WhatsNewController`` class which was serving the now removed ``/core/whatsnew`` endpoint.