<p dir="ltr">Go ahead</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 25, 2016 6:50 PM, "Paul Eggleton" <<a href="mailto:paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com">paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br>
<br>
So we've been gearing up the Toaster web UI to replace the Hob (GTK+ based) UI<br>
for some time now; Hob has basically been on life support for the past few<br>
releases. As of late last month in master, Toaster has the capability to<br>
select the packages in an image, removing the last thing that Hob could do<br>
that Toaster couldn't. This means it's about time we looked at removing Hob -<br>
particularly if we want to do so for the upcoming 2.1 release as we should<br>
really do so within the M3 development timeframe which is almost over.<br>
<br>
To recap, the reasons why Hob ought to be removed include:<br>
<br>
- The code is tightly woven into BitBake, making it fragile. This means it<br>
needs significant QA and maintenance on an ongoing basis.<br>
<br>
- Some of the implementation is not ideal; we'll be able to remove some cruft<br>
from BitBake and OE-Core at the same time.<br>
<br>
- It's GTK+ 2 based, not the current GTK+ 3.<br>
<br>
- Toaster is now a much more capable UI and is being actively maintained<br>
<br>
I'm maintaining a list of things we would drop together with Hob, so I could<br>
probably come up with a patchset - I just wanted to give people a heads up and<br>
double check that this is something we indeed want to do in 2.1. Any comments?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
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<br>
Paul Eggleton<br>
Intel Open Source Technology Centre<br>
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