Merge branch 'mainloop-id-rationale' into 'main'

Document the stance on ID-based mainloop APIs

See merge request GNOME/glib!2202
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Philip Withnall
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already supported by GLib and GNOME tools, and accomplish the same task as already supported by GLib and GNOME tools, and accomplish the same task as
compiler attributes. GLib does not provide macros for attributes like compiler attributes. GLib does not provide macros for attributes like
nonnull because it would not use them. nonnull because it would not use them.
* Main loop API:
The ID-based mainloop APIs (g_idle_add, g_timeout_add, etc) are considered
legacy, and new features (such as g_source_set_static_name) will only be
added to the explicit GSource APIs.