[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi][morty][PATCH 4/6] linux-raspberrypi: Drop v4.8

[Andrei Gherzan]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> On 19 January 2017 11:50:57 GMT+00:00, Andrei Gherzan <andrei at gherzan.ro> wrote:
>>From: Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk>
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk>
>>---
>> recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb | 8 --------
>> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>> delete mode 100644 recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb
>>
>>diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb
>>b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb
>>deleted file mode 100644
>>index be25e65..0000000
>>--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb
>>+++ /dev/null
>>@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
>>-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-${PV}:"
>>-
>>-LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.8.16"
>>-
>>-SRCREV = "061dccce6cf6705bbb5da29a643f4b0ad1d11630"
>>-SRC_URI =
>>"git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git;protocol=git;branch=rpi-4.8.y \
>>-"
>>-require linux-raspberrypi.inc
>
> I'm not sure on this one. I don't think we should drop kernel versions from a stable branch unless they're broken. Can we hold off on this and I'll have a look at it tomorrow.
>
> (Resending as I mis-clicked and didn't do reply all)

I don't see the benefit in keeping 4.8 and 4.9. The default + the
latest should be enough. Default would give stability and suitable for
production while latest will give new features.

BTW I already removed 4.8 from master.

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Andrei Gherzan