Go ahead On Feb 25, 2016 6:50 PM, "Paul Eggleton" <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Hi folks, > > So we've been gearing up the Toaster web UI to replace the Hob (GTK+ > based) UI > for some time now; Hob has basically been on life support for the past few > releases. As of late last month in master, Toaster has the capability to > select the packages in an image, removing the last thing that Hob could do > that Toaster couldn't. This means it's about time we looked at removing > Hob - > particularly if we want to do so for the upcoming 2.1 release as we should > really do so within the M3 development timeframe which is almost over. > > To recap, the reasons why Hob ought to be removed include: > > - The code is tightly woven into BitBake, making it fragile. This means it > needs significant QA and maintenance on an ongoing basis. > > - Some of the implementation is not ideal; we'll be able to remove some > cruft > from BitBake and OE-Core at the same time. > > - It's GTK+ 2 based, not the current GTK+ 3. > > - Toaster is now a much more capable UI and is being actively maintained > > I'm maintaining a list of things we would drop together with Hob, so I > could > probably come up with a patchset - I just wanted to give people a heads up > and > double check that this is something we indeed want to do in 2.1. Any > comments? > > Cheers, > Paul > > -- > > Paul Eggleton > Intel Open Source Technology Centre > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-architecture mailing list > openembedded-architect...@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-architecture >
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