error out with an error message pointing people to the 0.10 branch.
dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE only provides the option to configure to enable it
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+dnl error out
+AC_MSG_ERROR([
+ ================================================================================
+ Development of gst-python for GStreamer 0.10 has switched to the 0.10
+ branch in git. Do: git checkout -b 0.10 origin/0.10
+
+ The master branch of gst-python is not used any longer for GStreamer 0.11/1.0.
+ Applications will need to be ported over to the new pygi bindings.
+ ================================================================================
+])
+
dnl use pretty build output with automake >= 1.11
m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],
[AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1