[OE-core] meta-gir issues and maintenance

[Andreas Müller]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Changhyeok Bae <changhyeok.bae at lge.com> wrote:
> Hi Tomas,
>
> I'm Changhyeok and working with Martin Jansa.
> Actually I'm using meta-gir layer. So can I take over meta-gir layer?
>
> Thanks
> Changhyeok
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of Tomas
> Frydrych
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 3:03 AM
> To: OE-core
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] meta-gir issues and maintenance
>
> Martin,
>
> On 12/03/15 14:35, Martin Jansa wrote:
>> I was trying to use meta-gir in Dizzy release and found out that last
>> commit in this layer is 16 months ago and many .bbappends no longer
>> match with their recipes.
>>
>> Was this layer superseded by something else or you just didn't have
>> time to update it for newer Yocto releases?
>
> Unfortunately, life has been getting in the way of working on this layer (as
> well as meta-guacamayo), and it is not going to change in the foreseeable
> future. :-( It's a pity, as the gir stuff is useful/necessary for things
> like python bindings to gobject and related.
> If someone wanted to take over, it would make sense to move the repo
> somewhere more central (yocto, oe) as well.
>
> Tomas
>
I would appreciate to have the gintrospection more central - this
would give us a chance to get the gtk stuff out of stone age..

Andreas