Re: [meta-arm][PATCH] meta-arm: Remove meta-python dependency

["Jon Mason" <jdmason@kudzu.us>]

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 01:39:49PM -0500, Joshua Watt wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020, 10:37 AM Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@arm.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > > On 29 May 2020, at 16:32, Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/29/20 10:21 AM, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On 29 May 2020, at 16:14, Joshua Watt via lists.yoctoproject.org
> > <JPEWhacker=gmail.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker@gmail.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> meta-arm/conf/layer.conf | 3 +--
> > >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/meta-arm/conf/layer.conf b/meta-arm/conf/layer.conf
> > >>> index d96e9f1..1c241d4 100644
> > >>> --- a/meta-arm/conf/layer.conf
> > >>> +++ b/meta-arm/conf/layer.conf
> > >>> @@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-arm = "6"
> > >>>
> > >>> LAYERDEPENDS_meta-arm = " \
> > >>>     core \
> > >>> -    meta-python \
> > >>> "
> > >>> -LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_meta-arm = "warrior zeus dunfell"
> > >>> +LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_meta-arm = "gatesgarth"
> > >> Could you explain why you want to remove dunfell compatibility ?
> > >
> > > dunfell doesn't have the required python recipes in oe-core, so it isn't
> > compatible with it anymore.
> >
> > Nothing has been tested or is compatible with gatesgarth right now so this
> > change will really have a breaking impact.
> >
> 
> Right, you certainly wouldn't want to backport it to the dunfell branch;
> this is just for master where the next release would be gatesgarth anyway.
> 
> Also, with the qemu support I added, I think we have reasonable testing
> coverage on meta-arm, and in particular enough to have high confidence in
> this change.
> 
> Finally, FWIW, upstream oe-core and meta-python have already made these
> changes on their master branches, so it seems like we wouldn't want a
> useless dependency on meta-python in meta-arm, *especially* if the idea is
> to get other bsp layers to depend on meta-arm to consolidate things like
> TF-A and optee.

We currently have a requirement for dunfell compatability on the
meta-arm master branch for Arm's BSP software releases (which will
be YP based going forward).  To make a stable release for our
customers, we need to draw a line between stablity of our dependent
layers and the latest code in the meta-arm layer.  This especially
relates to the BSPs Arm will be adding to meta-arm-bsp in this
release.

We do not have to keep dunfell support in master after the release of
gatesgarth, but we will need it until then.  So, please stash this
patch until October (which will be here sooner than you think).

Thanks,
Jon


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> > Bertrand
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> > >
> > >>
> > >> Bertrand
> > >>
> > >>> --
> > >>> 2.17.1
> > >>>
> > >>> 
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> >

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