[OE-core] [PATCH] giflib: Move to OE-Core

[Samuel Stirtzel]

2012/3/22 Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>:
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> Op 22 mrt. 2012, om 09:48 heeft Samuel Stirtzel het volgende geschreven:
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>> 2012/3/21 Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>:
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>>> Op 21 mrt. 2012, om 20:42 heeft Saul Wold het volgende geschreven:
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>>>> On 03/21/2012 07:25 AM, Samuel Stirtzel wrote:
>>>>> * This move will allow the testing of meta-kde for users without meta-openembedded.
>>>>>
>>>> So what other layers are using giflib?
>>>>
>>>> Your suggesting that we need to have it in oe-core so people don't need to add the meta-openembedded layer when using meta-kde?
>>>>
>>>> I am just trying to get more data before making a decision.
>>>
>>> Let's put everything in oe-core!
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>> Otherwise it would require to maintain a redundant copy of giflib in meta-kde.
>
> I don't think you get the concept of layers and keeping non-core stuff out of oe-core.

How can it be that libpng is core stuff and libgif is not?

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>> Alternative suggestions are welcome.
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>>
>> A grep shows that not many recipes depend on giflib:
>> -
>> samuel at s-stirtzel-linux:/work/oe-core/setup-scripts/sources$ grep -r 'giflib' *
>> meta-java/recipes-core/openjdk/openjdk-6-common.inc:DEPENDS = "giflib
>> libpng jpeg cups \
>> meta-java/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea6-native.inc:
>> freetype-native zlib-native giflib-native jpeg-native \
>> meta-kde/recipes-kde-base/kdelibs4_git.bb:DEPENDS = "automoc4-native
>> strigi libdbusmenu-qt soprano shared-desktop-ontologies dbus giflib
>> attica jpeg libpng bzip2 libpcre perl-native"
>> meta-openembedded/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/evas.inc:DEPENDS = "librsvg
>> eina eet freetype jpeg libpng virtual/libx11 libxext libxrender
>> fontconfig libfribidi giflib"
>> -
>>
>> Any reason against the move?
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> The whole layering concept
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Samuel