[oe] [OE-core] any value in keeping the backward compat "task-core" stuff?

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Mon Jul 14 09:37:42 UTC 2014


On Friday 11 July 2014 20:39:04 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Robert P. J. Day
> 
> <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >   a number of the current packagegroup recipe files still have
> > 
> > backward compatibility support for the old "task-core" names, seems
> > like that's been there for well over a year, would it be safe to
> > finally just toss that? seems like everyone's had enough time to make
> > the move to the new names, and it would be clearer to not confuse the
> > proper use of the word "task" these days.
> 
> I agree; however this question should also be send to oe-core mailing
> list (added in Cc)

I agree as well; these should go. I know there are some who want to keep these 
indefinitely for upgrade purposes, but I think there's a limit to how long they 
should stay around in OE-Core. They can always be preserved in bbappends for 
those that do want to keep them.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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