[OE-core] [PATCH 0/2] Remove older GTK+ versions

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Fri Aug 17 12:32:59 UTC 2012


On Friday 17 August 2012 14:30:17 Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 01:27:20PM +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > On Friday 17 August 2012 12:35:07 Ross Burton wrote:
> > > If someone still wants to use them, meta-oe is a better place for them
> > > to
> > > live.
> > 
> > As a general note, personally I'd rather that no more alternative versions
> > of anything be added to meta-oe.
> 
> Yes especially with DEFAULT_PREFERRENCE not working between layers.. so
> everyone with meta-oe and without P_V set, would get this old version..

The best plan it would seem to me would be to have a separate meta-archive or 
meta-attic or similar named layer for these older recipes, and set its layer 
priority to the same as OE-Core.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre




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