[yocto] poky-extras

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

All I need is the name to make some initial changes.

Scott

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfield at 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
>>
>>