Re: [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

Re: [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

[Florian Boor]

Hi all,

git version control schrieb:
> gtk+: remove old versions

I do not agree with this. Some older Gtk+ releases are useful on devices with
limited RAM and we have some patches for these we do not have for modern ones.


Greetings

Florian


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Re: [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/8/31 Florian Boor <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>:
> Hi all,
>
> git version control schrieb:
>> gtk+: remove old versions
>
> I do not agree with this. Some older Gtk+ releases are useful on devices with
> limited RAM and we have some patches for these we do not have for modern ones.
>

Ok. I restore as soon as I can (don't have access to a git tree right now).
As already asked on irc: do you want all 5 versions back? I think
there were a few releases with two vresions. Are these both needed or
can we still punt the lower version?
Note that none of these are pinned.

Please let me know which ones you want and I'll restore asap. Or if
you need them quickly feel free to revert the commit yourself.

Best regards, Frans

Re: [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

[Leon Woestenberg]

Hello Florian, Frans,

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks
<fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/8/31 Florian Boor <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>:
>>
>> I do not agree with this. Some older Gtk+ releases are useful on devices with
>> limited RAM and we have some patches for these we do not have for modern ones.
>
> Ok. I restore as soon as I can (don't have access to a git tree right now).
>

I agree with Florian to keep those packages, but I praise the effort
of Frans to clean our meta-mess a bit.

Some packages have a tendency to increase their dependency tree each
time a new major release is made, and especially for those recipes,
keeping more limited (or more efficient?) versions around is very
handy for embedded applications.
Newer is not always better (look at the latest few Linux kernel
releases to see why :-) )

However, we should mention this fact in the recipe, so that any new
pair of eyes that decides to delete them can weight this in.

So my kind request would be to revert and then add a note in the older
recipe to keep them alive as they are superior in cases where low
memory is involved, or a specific device patch is applied.

Regards,
-- 
Leon

Re: [oe-commits] Frans Meulenbroeks : gtk+: remove old versions

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/8/31 Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@gmail.com>:
> Hello Florian, Frans,
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks
> <fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2010/8/31 Florian Boor <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>:
>>>
>>> I do not agree with this. Some older Gtk+ releases are useful on devices with
>>> limited RAM and we have some patches for these we do not have for modern ones.
>>
>> Ok. I restore as soon as I can (don't have access to a git tree right now).
>>
>
> I agree with Florian to keep those packages, but I praise the effort
> of Frans to clean our meta-mess a bit.
>
> Some packages have a tendency to increase their dependency tree each
> time a new major release is made, and especially for those recipes,
> keeping more limited (or more efficient?) versions around is very
> handy for embedded applications.
> Newer is not always better (look at the latest few Linux kernel
> releases to see why :-) )
>
> However, we should mention this fact in the recipe, so that any new
> pair of eyes that decides to delete them can weight this in.
>
> So my kind request would be to revert and then add a note in the older
> recipe to keep them alive as they are superior in cases where low
> memory is involved, or a specific device patch is applied.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Leon

Reverted as requested. Btw not all the lower numbered versions were
deleted, only the ones marked with * below (which are now restored.
We now have:

gtk+-1.2_1.2.10.bb
gtk+-fastscaling_2.10.14.bb
gtk+_2.10.14.bb
gtk+_2.14.1.bb *
gtk+_2.14.2.bb
gtk+_2.16.4.bb *
gtk+_2.16.6.bb *
gtk+_2.18.0.bb *
gtk+_2.18.3.bb *
gtk+_2.18.6.bb
gtk+_2.20.0.bb
gtk+_2.20.1.bb
gtk+_2.6.10.bb

Enjoy them :-)

Frans