All I need is the name to make some initial changes. Scott
>-----Original Message----- >From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfi...@windriver.com] >Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 6:03 AM >To: Richard Purdie >Cc: Hart, Darren; yocto; Rifenbark, Scott M; Michael Halstead >Subject: Re: poky-extras > >On 13-06-28 08:57 AM, Richard Purdie wrote: >> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 08:52 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >>> On 13-06-28 04:51 AM, Richard Purdie wrote: >>>> Hi Bruce/Darren, >>>> >>>> My attention was drawn to the existence of poky-extras. This was >really >>>> a short term gap filling repository and I think the time has come to >>>> remove it. There are basically two chunks of code in there. >>>> >>>> The meta-linaro pieces in there haven't been touched in two years >and >>>> are therefore dead. I think we should delete them to alleviate any >>>> confusion. >>>> >>>> The kernel pieces have been touched more recently. Some moved into >the >>>> core, mostly its just example boiler plate type code now. I think >this >>>> needs moving to a better named repository if its still >wanted/useful, or >>>> we delete it. I personally don't have a strong preference. >>>> >>>> Can someone take care of sorting this out? >>> >>> I can take care of finding it a new home. I use the repo daily, and >keep >>> bumping it with examples with each new kernel update or release. I >was >>> working on some urlremapper code for the layer, to replace the old >>> boiler plate "uncomment this" examples that are current in the >recipes .. >>> that work has been backgrounded, but I can pick it up again as part >>> of relocating the changes. >>> >>> I'm out of the office for the next week and a half, but can have a >look >>> after that. Does that timeframe work ? >> >> Yes, its not urgent and I don't want to remove something people use. I >> do think that this would better as a meta-yocto-kernel or something >> similar. How about we simply rename it to that and delete meta-linaro >> from it? > >Agreed. That's an effective way to clarify what's left in the layer. >I'll take care of cleaning up the contents later. > >If it's just the rename, I assume Michael can take care of it and >there's nothing immediate for me to do. > >Cheers, > >Bruce > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Richard >> >> _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
