Re: [yocto] [yocto-docs][PATCH] ref-manual: Remove documentation for the removed gnome class

Re: [yocto] [yocto-docs][PATCH] ref-manual: Remove documentation for the removed gnome class

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 07:33:37AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 6:30 AM Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> >
> > When removed all it did was
> >   inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gconf mime
> > which would also be the most trivial replacement.
> >
> > Most of the time not all of these classes were needed,
> > and it is recommended to use only the ones actually required.
> >
> 
> This should go to oe-core ml as well.

Added to Cc.

> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> > ---
> >  documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 15 ---------------
> >  1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> > index 37619e382d..5403f20b6f 100644
> > --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> > +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> > @@ -920,21 +920,6 @@
> >      </para>
> >  </section>
> >
> > -<section id='ref-classes-gnome'>
> > -    <title><filename>gnome.bbclass</filename></title>
> > -
> > -    <para>
> > -        The <filename>gnome</filename> class supports recipes that
> > -        build software from the GNOME stack.
> > -        This class inherits the
> > -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gnomebase'><filename>gnomebase</filename></link>,
> > -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gtk-icon-cache'><filename>gtk-icon-cache</filename></link>,
> > -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gconf'><filename>gconf</filename></link> and
> > -        <link linkend='ref-classes-mime'><filename>mime</filename></link> classes.
> > -        The class also disables GObject introspection where applicable.
> > -    </para>
> > -</section>
> > -
> 
> do we need to enhance the documentation for gnomebase bbclass to
> mention about disabling  gobject introspection
> or is it handled differently now.
>...

This part of the documentation had been wrong for 3-4 years.

The gobject introspection disabling was moved to the gnomebase class
back in 2015.

In 2016 the gnomebase class stopped disabling gobject introspection.

cu
Adrian

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Re: [yocto] [yocto-docs][PATCH] ref-manual: Remove documentation for the removed gnome class

[Adrian Bunk]

ping

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 04:29:57PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> When removed all it did was
>   inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gconf mime
> which would also be the most trivial replacement.
> 
> Most of the time not all of these classes were needed,
> and it is recommended to use only the ones actually required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> ---
>  documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 15 ---------------
>  1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> index 37619e382d..5403f20b6f 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
> @@ -920,21 +920,6 @@
>      </para>
>  </section>
>  
> -<section id='ref-classes-gnome'>
> -    <title><filename>gnome.bbclass</filename></title>
> -
> -    <para>
> -        The <filename>gnome</filename> class supports recipes that
> -        build software from the GNOME stack.
> -        This class inherits the
> -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gnomebase'><filename>gnomebase</filename></link>,
> -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gtk-icon-cache'><filename>gtk-icon-cache</filename></link>,
> -        <link linkend='ref-classes-gconf'><filename>gconf</filename></link> and
> -        <link linkend='ref-classes-mime'><filename>mime</filename></link> classes.
> -        The class also disables GObject introspection where applicable.
> -    </para>
> -</section>
> -
>  <section id='ref-classes-gnomebase'>
>      <title><filename>gnomebase.bbclass</filename></title>
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
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