Please remove it, but don't underestimate how much work it will be. The threading architecture of CA was written assuming profligate use of independent threads, so extricating IoTivity from glib's clutches will require much restructuring.
John -----Original Message----- From: iotivity-dev-bounces at lists.iotivity.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rees, Kevron Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 12:51 PM To: Lankswert, Patrick Cc: iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org Subject: Re: [dev] glib You should be using glib for mainloop functionality as well (avoids having to use threads at all), but it should be pluggable (able to be replaced with Qt or other mainloops systems as desired). On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Lankswert, Patrick <patrick.lankswert at intel.com> wrote: > To all, > > The introduction of glib has complicated the stack in a number of ways > from licensing to OS support and beyond. > > In the future, do not draw in additional libraries into Iotivity > without vetting it in this forum. > > I plan to remove the glib dependency from iotivity for several reasons: > 1) IANAL, but the license has viral requirements including the fact > that a dynamically linked LGPL library must be replaceable which is a > problem for RTOSes and linux-based devices TVs and Access Points. > 2) Glib support on iOS (not directly supported), OSX and Windows > (requires > MSYS) is problematic > 3) It is my understanding that we are only using glib for threads and mutex. > This is a lot to pull into iotivity for only two features. > > Before I make this official, I would like to understand any reason > that glib should be kept. Are we using glib for anything other than > threads and mutexes? > > Pat > > Patrick Lankswert > > Intel Corporation > Platform Engineering Group (PEG) / Communications and Devices Group > (CDG) Engineering Manager Louisville, KY, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > iotivity-dev mailing list > iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org > https://lists.iotivity.org/mailman/listinfo/iotivity-dev > _______________________________________________ iotivity-dev mailing list iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org https://lists.iotivity.org/mailman/listinfo/iotivity-dev
