On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 10:23:40AM +0100, David Marchand wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 3:22 PM Bruce Richardson > <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > This patchset builds on the previous v1 and v2, and the discussion > > which followed about what libraries should be optional. While still > > a long way to go from the position suggested in the v2 discussion, > > this set moves us a bit further along the road. > > > > The first patch is a direct v3 from previous versions, changing the > > tracking from a list of optional libs to a list of mandatory ones. > > The second patch then knocks off another 5 libs off the mandatory > > list - all are libs which should have few dependencies in other > > components, but which some common sample apps like l3fwd depend upon. > > It should be possible to make other libs optional in future, but to > > do so likely requires code-changes to #ifdef out support in places. > > > > To that end, patch 3 is an RFC to add support for "optional libs" to > > the build system. For now, nothing uses this, but it may be useful if > > someone does want to take on the task of removing a hard dependency > > from one component on another and making it optional. > > > > Bruce Richardson (3): > > build: track mandatory rather than optional libs > > build: remove 5 libs from mandatory list > > build: RFC - add support for optional dependencies > > I was not sure if I should take the third patch, but the two others > make sense to me and I applied them. > The third one can be reconsidered when the need arises. > Yep, agreed. Thanks.
/Bruce
