[yocto] [Openembedded-architecture] Removing Hob for 2.1

[Philip Balister]

On 02/25/2016 09:49 PM, Paul Eggleton 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 

Please remove Hob.

I've heard that the Linux Foundation training still mentions Hob, I'll
double check that this content is removed and shifted to Toaster.

Philip

> 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
>