[OE-core] EXT: Re: [PATCH] libinput: remove obsolete touchpad patch

[Andre McCurdy]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Andre McCurdy <armccurdy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> OE-core minimal kernel has been bumped to 4.4
>>> so at this point I think its fine to remove it since there
>>> is no reliable way for OE-Core to test out validity of
>>> this patch
>>
>> If that's the official policy then let's bump OLDEST_KERNEL and make
>> the point clear to everyone.
>
> its not official policy. However we do try to minimise patches we
> carry as much as we can moreover I was thinking from testability point
> of view, we don't know what harm it can cause when you dont need this
> patch.

Yes we do. The case where we don't need the patch (ie kernel 4.4) is
the case we *can* test.

If the patch is found to cause problems with newer kernels then
certainly it should be removed (or updated as Martin suggested), but I
haven't seen anyone suggest that it's causing any issues.