2010/7/1 Khem Raj <[email protected]> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks > <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
