Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Remove RPM 4

[Joshua G Lock <joshua.g.lock@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 17:41 +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 14:07 +0000, Joshua Lock wrote:
> > 
> > This series removes RPM 4 and code to support it from OE Core.
> > There
> > are
> > several known issues with using RPM 4 and it seems better to
> > acknowledge it's
> > unsupported by removing it from OE-Core than to leave  it in a non
> > -functional
> > state.
> > 
> > Please review the following changes for suitability for inclusion.
> > If
> > you have
> > any objections or suggestions for improvement, please respond to
> > the
> > patches. If
> > you agree with the changes, please provide your Acked-by.
> I think I'm in favour of removing it at this point as its not getting
> much attention.
> 
> I'd note that we need to remove the QA test for it:
> 
> selftest/imagefeatures.py:    def
> test_rpm_version_4_support_on_image(self):

Right, thanks for catching this. I've pushed a patch to remove this to
the same branch, I'll submit a v2 with this removal included once the
RFC has had another day or so to collect comments.


Regards,

Joshua