[oe] [RFC} glib-2.0 cleanup

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/2/28 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey at vanille-media.de>:
> Am Sonntag, den 28.02.2010, 20:39 +0100 schrieb Frans Meulenbroeks:
>> We have 26 glib-2.0 recipes (and 8 native ones). (see ls below)
>> Only a few versions are used (see also the grep below)
>>
>> for glib-2.0:
>> "2.12.12"
>> "2.16.4"
>> "2.18.3"
>> "2.20.3"
>> "2.22.1"
>> "2.22.4"
>> "2.6.4"
>> "2.8.6"
>>
>> for glib-2.0-native:
>> "2.16.1"
>> "2.18.0"
>> "2.22.1"
>> "2.22.4"
>>
>> Both include the last two versions
>> Proposal is to remove all versions that are not used.
>>
>> How do people feel about this?
>
> Sounds good to me, althoug I'd recommend not removing them but just
> moving them out of sight, i.e. in an 'old' folder. That way we could
> please both the lets-keep-everything-no-matter-how-rotten and also the
> lets-strive-for-few-high-quality recipes.

Count me in for the high-quality camp :-)
We could put the legacy recipes in a legacy overlay.
That way they are still there, but if you do not need/want them you
can exclude them.

FM