[oe] RFC: get rid of virtual/libsdl

[Koen Kooi]

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Marcin Juszkiewicz schreef:
> I see more and more reports where people has problems with building SDL 
> stuff just because they have 'virtual/libsdl == libsdl-qpe' in build 
> config. We all know that libsdl-qpe is set of hacks applied to hacks 
> which evolved from other hacks and thats that all is in state which no 
> one want to have something to do. No one ever sent parts of it upstream, 
> no one tried to update it to more recent SDL version etc.
> 
> I would like to have one small change in OE: removal of virtual/libsdl at 
> all or some kind of other change which would mark libsdl-qpe as not 
> providing virtual/libsdl at all. 
> 
> Most of SDL stuff in OE builds without problem with libsdl-x11 and most of 
> them even works when user with libsdl-qpe tries to use it. But if someone 
> tries to build SDL apps with libsdl-qpe then he is hit with linking 
> problems, with '-no-rtti/-rtti' problem etc. I'm tired of it.

move libsql-qpe to packages/obsolete/libsdl/, that way people that want it can still build
it and innocent bystanders don't get hit by the issues you mentioned.

regards,

Koen
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