Re: [PATCH] giflib: Move to OE-Core

[Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>]

On 03/22/2012 02:41 AM, Samuel Stirtzel wrote:
> 2012/3/22 Koen Kooi<koen@dominion.thruhere.net>:
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>> Op 22 mrt. 2012, om 09:48 heeft Samuel Stirtzel het volgende geschreven:
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>>> 2012/3/21 Koen Kooi<koen@dominion.thruhere.net>:
>>>>
>>>> Op 21 mrt. 2012, om 20:42 heeft Saul Wold het volgende geschreven:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/21/2012 07:25 AM, Samuel Stirtzel wrote:
>>>>>> * This move will allow the testing of meta-kde for users without meta-openembedded.
>>>>>>
>>>>> So what other layers are using giflib?
>>>>>
>>>>> Your suggesting that we need to have it in oe-core so people don't need to add the meta-openembedded layer when using meta-kde?
>>>>>
>>>>> I am just trying to get more data before making a decision.
>>>>
>>>> Let's put everything in oe-core!
>>>
>>> Otherwise it would require to maintain a redundant copy of giflib in meta-kde.
>>
>> I don't think you get the concept of layers and keeping non-core stuff out of oe-core.
>
> How can it be that libpng is core stuff and libgif is not?
>
libpng is in oe-core because it is used by other parts of oe-core (Sato, 
GTK+, Gthumb, Cups, ...).  PNG is also more common that GIF because GIF 
had licensing issues in the past.

Finally, as stated in other emails meta-kde has other dependencies on 
meta-oe, it's just the base bits that need giflib.

So, no we will not move libgif into oe-core, please use the Layers as 
they are intended.

Thanks
	Sau!

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>>> Alternative suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> A grep shows that not many recipes depend on giflib:
>>> -
>>> samuel@s-stirtzel-linux:/work/oe-core/setup-scripts/sources$ grep -r 'giflib' *
>>> meta-java/recipes-core/openjdk/openjdk-6-common.inc:DEPENDS = "giflib
>>> libpng jpeg cups \
>>> meta-java/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea6-native.inc:
>>> freetype-native zlib-native giflib-native jpeg-native \
>>> meta-kde/recipes-kde-base/kdelibs4_git.bb:DEPENDS = "automoc4-native
>>> strigi libdbusmenu-qt soprano shared-desktop-ontologies dbus giflib
>>> attica jpeg libpng bzip2 libpcre perl-native"
>>> meta-openembedded/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/evas.inc:DEPENDS = "librsvg
>>> eina eet freetype jpeg libpng virtual/libx11 libxext libxrender
>>> fontconfig libfribidi giflib"
>>> -
>>>
>>> Any reason against the move?
>>
>> The whole layering concept
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