[OE-core] qt4 moves out of oe-core - to meta-qt4, or to meta-oe?

Martin Jansa martin.jansa at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 18:59:07 UTC 2015


On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 07:38:58PM +0200, alexander.kanavin at linux.intel.com wrote:
> > There is already enough meta-oe bloat moved from oe-core:
> >
> > http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2015-November/112665.html
> >
> > WARN: qt-mobility-embedded: qt-mobility-embedded rdepends on glib-2.0, but
> > it isn't a build dependency?
> 
> If increasing bloat is a problem, why do recipes in meta-oe need to be
> maintained indefinitely? Old cruft can be dropped from meta-oe, just as it
> is dropped from oe-core. Just ask the public if it's ok, set a timeframe,
> and do it.
> 
> qt-mobility in particular has been dead for several years, and doesn't
> even have official upstream tarballs anymore. Why spend time fixing it?

That's why there is increasing number of PNBLACKLISTs with each release.

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Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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