[Buildroot] Analysis of build results for 2018-02-25

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> writes:

Hi,

 >> Makes me think that we won't be able to do a good job supporting it
 >> throughout the 2018.02 support cycle.

 >  Well, for most packages, the "support" is limited to "it's still there and it
 > still doesn't fail in autobuilders".

I was hoping for a bit more than that, E.G. has no known security
issues.


 > Which will not happen because we don't use any new toolchains or
 > anything during the LTS support cycle.

Unless there is a security issue in one of the libraries it uses (like
openssl) and we need to bump the version to fix that issue.


 >> We don't have a good way of handling deprecations, so I'm not sure what
 >> the best option is:
 >> 
 >> - Do nothing
 >> - Change prompt to "Qt (obsolete)"

 >  I like this one. It costs us nothing, it makes it clear that you can't expect
 > support updates on this package, and it's an advance warning that it may be removed.

Ok, I'll send a patch.


 >> - Remove package

 >  Eventually, yes, with legacy handling. I would remove it only when it breaks.

Ok.


-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard