Document the stance on ID-based mainloop APIs

This will make it easier to reject MRs like
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2199
in the future.
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already supported by GLib and GNOME tools, and accomplish the same task as
compiler attributes. GLib does not provide macros for attributes like
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.