From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from r-finger.com ([178.79.160.5]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ua6JN-0005Vn-U2 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 08 May 2013 17:30:12 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (host86-137-102-112.range86-137.btcentralplus.com [86.137.102.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by r-finger.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0CC51952B for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 16:11:34 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <518A6B25.5000108@r-finger.com> Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 16:11:33 +0100 From: Tomas Frydrych User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.5) Gecko/20120624 Icedove/10.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Subject: proposal to move cogl, clutter and related recipes from oe-core to dedicated meta-clutter layer X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:14 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think it would makes sense to move clutter related packages from oe-core into a dedicated layer: * AFAIK nothing in oe-core requires cogl/clutter/mx, * The packages in oe-core are effectively unmaintained, several upstream releases behind, and pretty much unusable, * The somewhat random nature of clutter and cogl releases makes it hard to sensibly manage these packages within the oe-core release cycle, but a dedicated layer could follow the upstream developments. I have started work on new clutter and related packages for use by meta-guacamayo at https://github.com/Guacamayo/meta-clutter, but I'd be more than happy for the layer to live somewhere else and become the canonical location for clutter-related bits and pieces. Tomas -- http://sleepfive.com