[oe] [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/8/31 Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg at gmail.com>:
> Hello Florian, Frans,
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks
> <fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2010/8/31 Florian Boor <florian.boor at kernelconcepts.de>:
>>>
>>> I do not agree with this. Some older Gtk+ releases are useful on devices with
>>> limited RAM and we have some patches for these we do not have for modern ones.
>>
>> Ok. I restore as soon as I can (don't have access to a git tree right now).
>>
>
> I agree with Florian to keep those packages, but I praise the effort
> of Frans to clean our meta-mess a bit.
>
> Some packages have a tendency to increase their dependency tree each
> time a new major release is made, and especially for those recipes,
> keeping more limited (or more efficient?) versions around is very
> handy for embedded applications.
> Newer is not always better (look at the latest few Linux kernel
> releases to see why :-) )
>
> However, we should mention this fact in the recipe, so that any new
> pair of eyes that decides to delete them can weight this in.
>
> So my kind request would be to revert and then add a note in the older
> recipe to keep them alive as they are superior in cases where low
> memory is involved, or a specific device patch is applied.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Leon

Reverted as requested. Btw not all the lower numbered versions were
deleted, only the ones marked with * below (which are now restored.
We now have:

gtk+-1.2_1.2.10.bb
gtk+-fastscaling_2.10.14.bb
gtk+_2.10.14.bb
gtk+_2.14.1.bb *
gtk+_2.14.2.bb
gtk+_2.16.4.bb *
gtk+_2.16.6.bb *
gtk+_2.18.0.bb *
gtk+_2.18.3.bb *
gtk+_2.18.6.bb
gtk+_2.20.0.bb
gtk+_2.20.1.bb
gtk+_2.6.10.bb

Enjoy them :-)

Frans