From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N9zto-0002RD-6H for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:37:39 +0100 Received: from cpe002129687b04-cm001225dbafb6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.235.241.187] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N9zsU-0000Be-P3 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:36:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:35:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <4B01352A.6070808@kernelconcepts.de> Message-ID: References: <4B01352A.6070808@kernelconcepts.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.235.106.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on linuxtogo.org); Unknown failure Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-tools: Remove superseded i2c-tools 3.0.1. X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:37:40 -0000 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1281820352-1258371374=:24057" --8323328-1281820352-1258371374=:24057 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Florian Boor wrote: > Hi, > > Robert P. J. Day schrieb: > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day > > I do not agree on this. There is no way to make sure people are not > using it. Even if it is unlikely the new release might break for > some of our users or just rely on something that is not available > for everyone. Apart from this I do not see much of a reason for > removing it at all. by the way, i did check the changelog first to see if the enhancements were useful enough to warrant upgrading. the changelog: http://linux.softpedia.com/progChangelog/I2C-Tools-Changelog-31650.html What's new in I2C Tools 3.0.2: =B7 Error handling has been improved. =B7 Buses can now be passed by name. =B7 A compatibility issue with perl 5.10.0 has been fixed. that struck me as sufficiently useful to warrant an upgrade, but maybe not. rday -- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --8323328-1281820352-1258371374=:24057--