[oe] [RFC} cleanup glibc

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/7/1 Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks
> <fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Triggered by a short discussion on irc with woglinde, I would like to
> > suggest the following cleanup actions for glibc.
> >
> > 1. rewrite the recipes so they do not use patches in the dir of
> > another version. Better copy those. That makes clearer who uses what,
> > and avoids problems if a recipe is removed.
> > (btw if people are against having copies, I suggest to put common
> > patches in a dir whose name actually resembles it is for multiple
> > versions e.g. glibc-2.4-2.5 or so)
> > 2. remove some old recipes that are not pinned. Reason for removing
> > them is that it reduces the amount of work needed for step 1
> >
> > currently we have:
> >
> > glibc-initial_2.10.1.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.2.5.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.3.2+cvs20040726.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.3.2.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.3.6.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.4.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.5.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.6.1.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.7.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.9.bb
> > glibc-initial_cvs.bb
> > glibc_2.10.1.bb
> > glibc_2.2.5.bb
> > glibc_2.3.2+cvs20040726.bb
> > glibc_2.3.2.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20041128.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20050221.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20050420.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3.bb
> > glibc_2.3.5+cvs20050627.bb
> > glibc_2.3.6.bb
> > glibc_2.4.bb
> > glibc_2.5.bb
> > glibc_2.6.1.bb
> > glibc_2.7.bb
> > glibc_2.9.bb
> > glibc_cvs.bb
> >
> > suggestion is to remove the following versions because no one uses
> > them: (verified by grepping for them in conf/distro (with -r)
> >
> > glibc-initial_2.3.2+cvs20040726.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.3.6.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.4.bb
> > glibc-initial_2.7.bb
> > glibc_2.3.2+cvs20040726.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20041128.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20050221.bb
> > glibc_2.3.3+cvs20050420.bb
> > glibc_2.3.6.bb
> > glibc_2.4.bb
> > glibc_2.7.bb
> >
> > I think the following are also obsolete, but I would like to get
> > advise for these
> > glibc-initial_cvs.bb
> > glibc_cvs.bb
>
> yes they could be converted into _git
>
> >
> > What do people think about this?
>
> good plan. I think we should work towards reducing
> the recipes for some packages before they become
> unmanagable
>
> I have submitted patches for 2.5, 2.9 and 2.10.1 to become self-contained
(and not use packages from glibc_2.4).
Furthermore I have submitted a patch to remove the versions mentioned above.

If these are accepted and I hear no objections I will also rework the other
recipes so they are self contained (and remove the files dir)

Enjoy! Frans