[yocto] what is the future for package_tar.bbclass?

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

The class is broken and unsupported.  I have updated the docs indicating such.

Scott

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>  once upon a time, richard purdie didn't see much use for the packaging class
>file package_tar.bbclass:
>
>http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2014-
>July/094843.html
>
>however, that packaging format is still mentioned at the very end of section
>3.4 in the YP reference manual. is there a plan for keeping it, deleting it,
>ignoring it, etc?
>
>rday
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