[oe] transitional packages

[Jaap de Jong]

On 27-03-14 12:33, Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:38:52AM +0100, Jaap de Jong wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> for one project I'm still using oe-classic.
>> Would like to upgrade that!
>> I know a simple update will not work because (among others?) package
>> names are changed.
>> Is there any effort made to create transitional packages?
> I don't know about any.
>
>> If not, would it be a tough job?
> Yes, maybe not so bad if you have exactly one starting point and one
> final, but to provide upgrade path from "some" state of binary feeds in
> oe-core to "some" state of binary feeds built with oe-core is very close
> to impossible (as you cannot test every combination).
Thanks for your explanation.
So then I would go for the one starting point (my oe-classic build) to 
one end point (my oe-core build).
The easiest approach then perhaps could be migrating oe-classic to 
oe-core. Then look at the differences between the two.
And finally write a transition package that would be able to upgrade.
Would that be possible at all?

> Some versions went backwards, you need to migrate LOCALCOUNTs to PRSERV
> db a lot of packages were renamed or removed without replacement
Is there perhaps some list for this?

> (so
> they will be stuck in your target image unless you explicitly RCONFLICT
> RREPLACE them from your transitional package),

> there are upgrade path
> issues even between oe-core revisions.
>
It would really be nice if there wouldn't be issues between revisions or 
transition packages available...