________________________________________ > From: Khem Raj [raj.k...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:41 PM > To: BURTON, ROSS > Cc: Radzykewycz, T (Radzy); Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCHv2 1/1] screen: Upgrade 4.0.3 -> 4.3.1 > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.bur...@intel.com> wrote: > > > Basically you need to have a good reason why oe-core should invest the time > > > > maintaining both modern screen and ancient screen (4.0.3 was released in > > > > 2008). The easiest solution would be for your distro to maintain a copy > > of > > ancient screen for people who want screen but also don't want GPLv3. Or, > > > > switch to tmux which is BSD licensed. > > I think this will be common interest for more than one distro or > person. It will be good to start moving them into a new layer under > meta-openembedded repo, something like meta-gplv2-pinned or > somethings, then users who are interested can prioritize this layer > over oe-core and there by use these versions easily instead of what > comes from oe-core.
Thanks. That sounds like a good approach. Now to go investigate tmux.... -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
