Re: [PATCH 19/21] epiphany: add a recipe from meta-gnome

[Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod@windriver.com>]

On 2015-08-07 08:44 AM, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On 08/07/2015 07:28 AM, Randy MacLeod wrote:
>
>>> Epiphany is replacing midori as the browser in oe-core recipe set
>>> and poky distribution.
>>
>> I just got caught up on oe-core and:
>>     https://www.mail-archive.com/yocto@yoctoproject.org/msg24522.html
>>
>> Please move the midori recipe and dependencies to
>> meta-oe when this change is merged to oe-core. That would help
>> anyone that needs to provide a transition warning. Of course it
>> adds more cruft to meta-oe but that's a separate problem.
>
> Midori depends on an ancient, no longer maintained Webkit1
> implementation with known security issues [1]. Adding it to meta-oe
> requires that:
>
> a) webkit-gtk is at least updated to the latest version of the no longer
> maintained Webkit1 implementation (1.8.3 -> 2.4.9)
> 2) that version is patched with every fix that other distributions have
> done, including [1]
>
> I can do this, but at the expense of updating other packages in oe-core
> that need updating before we hit a stabilization milestone. Do you
> specifically know someone who needs such an extra-cushioned transition?

Thanks for the summary.

After considering the situation, I agree that it's not worth the effort
to add midori to meta-oe.

../Randy

>
> Alex
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182623


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