From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>, xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] tools: remove or disable old/useless/unused/unmainted stuff
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:37:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51F93D2C.3090705@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1375283736.7382.100.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com>
On 31/07/13 16:15, Ian Campbell wrote:
> depends on "autoconf: regenerate configure scripts with 4.4 version"
>
> This series removes some of the really old deadwood from the tools build
> and makes some other things which are on their way out configurable at
> build time with a default depending on how far down the slope I judge
> them to be.
>
> * nuke in tree copy of libaio
> * nuke obsolete tools: xsview, miniterm, lomount & sv
> * make xend optional, still on by default (for now!)
> * disable blktap1 by default (needs qemu patch, just posted)
> * some cleanup of .*ignore
>
> Ian.
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
With the exception of the lomount issue which has an acceptable
solution, XenServer currently employs all kinds of gross hacks to make
this dead wood disappear. I will be very glad to remove some of those
hacks.
~Andrew
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-31 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-31 15:15 [PATCH 0/9] tools: remove or disable old/useless/unused/unmainted stuff Ian Campbell
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 1/9] tools: move xm and xend under tools python Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:03 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 2/9] tools: make building xend configurable Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:04 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 3/9] tools: remove in tree libaio Ian Campbell
2013-08-01 8:38 ` Egger, Christoph
2013-08-01 14:39 ` Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:06 ` Ian Jackson
2013-08-08 9:07 ` Ian Campbell
2013-08-20 14:28 ` Ian Campbell
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 4/9] tools: delete xsview Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:06 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 5/9] tools: remove miniterm Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:07 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 6/9] tools: remove lomount Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:08 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 7/9] .*ignore: remove some cruft Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:09 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 8/9] tools: disable blktap1 build by default Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:13 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:15 ` [PATCH 9/9] tools: drop 'sv' Ian Campbell
2013-08-07 15:13 ` Ian Jackson
2013-07-31 15:29 ` [PATCH 0/9] tools: remove or disable old/useless/unused/unmainted stuff Andrew Cooper
2013-07-31 15:35 ` Ian Campbell
2013-07-31 15:57 ` Andrew Cooper
2013-07-31 16:37 ` Andrew Cooper [this message]
2013-08-01 6:11 ` Matt Wilson
2013-08-20 15:03 ` Ian Campbell
2013-08-12 14:53 ` Fabio Fantoni
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