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From: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
To: buildroot@buildroot.org
Cc: Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba@tkos.co.il>
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/phidgetwebservice: remove package
Date: Tue,  7 Apr 2026 22:29:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407202921.3557385-2-bernd@kuhls.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407202921.3557385-1-bernd@kuhls.net>

As discussed on the mailinglist:
https://lists.buildroot.org/pipermail/buildroot/2026-April/799929.html

Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
Cc: Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba@tkos.co.il>
---
 Config.in.legacy                              |  8 +++++++
 DEVELOPERS                                    |  1 -
 package/Config.in                             |  1 -
 package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in           | 23 -------------------
 .../phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.hash  |  3 ---
 .../phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.mk    | 14 -----------
 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in
 delete mode 100644 package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.hash
 delete mode 100644 package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.mk

diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 25787f0588..f6403d2580 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PHIDGETWEBSERVICE
+	bool "phidgetwebservice"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  phidgetwebservice was removed from Buildroot as it was
+	  insufficiently maintained. It can be re-added if someone
+	  volunteers to maintain it.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DAQ
 	bool "daq removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 341d50ee2c..ff326a2a05 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1739,7 +1739,6 @@ F:	arch/Config.in.xtensa
 F:	package/autofs/
 F:	package/dawgdic/
 F:	package/libphidget/
-F:	package/phidgetwebservice/
 F:	package/rapidxml/
 
 N:	Joris Offouga <offougajoris@gmail.com>
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 263554efdc..e60e9d811e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2579,7 +2579,6 @@ endif
 	source "package/p910nd/Config.in"
 	source "package/parprouted/Config.in"
 	source "package/passt/Config.in"
-	source "package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in"
 	source "package/phytool/Config.in"
 	source "package/pimd/Config.in"
 	source "package/pixiewps/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in b/package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index b052f180f0..0000000000
--- a/package/phidgetwebservice/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PHIDGETWEBSERVICE
-	bool "phidgetwebservice"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libusb, libphidget
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # libphidget -> libusb
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libphidget
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPHIDGET
-	help
-	  phidgetwebservice (the Phidget WebService) provides an HTTP
-	  front-end to the libphidget device control API. This
-	  provides an alternative to the libphidget C linkage
-	  interface for controlling locally attached Phidgets USB
-	  devices and it also allows you to control Phidget USB
-	  devices remotely when the host running the phidgetwebservice
-	  has an exposed network interface.
-
-	  The phidgetwebservice client program uses the libphidget
-	  HTTP functions to send commands to the phidgetwebservice.
-
-	  http://phidgets.com/
-
-comment "phidgetwebservice needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.9"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
diff --git a/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.hash b/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 49017f2994..0000000000
--- a/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# locally computed
-sha256  aa63cbd2ab87182d6e0c05d553ee4c8cc73d268516d8e0a1e881baed391c081d  phidgetwebservice_2.1.9.20190409.tar.gz
-sha256  ea8af5e789cb2d4e9b10bce3874982ade163b749b6bfbdb32e2df21c4d106de1  COPYING
diff --git a/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.mk b/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index b5f335c4ec..0000000000
--- a/package/phidgetwebservice/phidgetwebservice.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# phidgetwebservice
-#
-################################################################################
-
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_VERSION = 2.1.9.20190409
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_SOURCE = phidgetwebservice_$(PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_SITE = https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/phidget21/servers/linux/phidgetwebservice
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_DEPENDENCIES = libphidget
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0
-PHIDGETWEBSERVICE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
-- 
2.47.3

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-07 20:29 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/daq: remove package Bernd Kuhls
2026-04-07 20:29 ` Bernd Kuhls [this message]
2026-04-07 20:29 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] package/libphidget: " Bernd Kuhls

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