On 12 November 2015 at 18:59, Martin Jansa <martin.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There is already enough meta-oe bloat moved from oe-core: > > > > > > > http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2015-November/112665.html > > > > > > WARN: qt-mobility-embedded: qt-mobility-embedded rdepends on glib-2.0, > but > > > it isn't a build dependency? > > > > If increasing bloat is a problem, why do recipes in meta-oe need to be > > maintained indefinitely? Old cruft can be dropped from meta-oe, just as > it > > is dropped from oe-core. Just ask the public if it's ok, set a timeframe, > > and do it. > > > > qt-mobility in particular has been dead for several years, and doesn't > > even have official upstream tarballs anymore. Why spend time fixing it? > > That's why there is increasing number of PNBLACKLISTs with each release. > The recipes were removed from oe-core as they're dead upstream, and basically as a courtesy moved to meta-oe so anyone still using dead software can still build it. If they're just bitrotting and literally nobody is using the recipes then they should be removed: meta-oe isn't a historical archive that you're expected to maintain for the next decade. Ross -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel