On 2016-06-09 12:28, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
Hello,
I'd like to propose the removal of Vala recipe and support for
generating Vala bindings from oe-core. The only software that is
written in Vala and makes sense in embedded environment is Rygel (an
implementation of various UPnP AV services), and even that can be
compiled from intermediate C sources without a need for Vala compiler
or bindings. The only benefit from compiling from Vala source would be
that Rygel could be more easily patched - and I think that doesn't
really justify maintaining the full Vala stack.
Thoughts?
Alex
The benefit of easy patching is considerable. If you only have the C
sources, then the patches have to be done between versions of that
generated C code. The resulting patches are often big and unreadable.
I was actually happy to see g-i added to OE-core so we can get rid of
some custom C-source patches for Rygel and just patch the Vala code
directly instead. Removing vala would nullify this benefit.
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