[Buildroot] Analysis of build results for 2018-02-25
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Thu Mar 1 21:17:32 UTC 2018
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
Hi,
>> Makes me think that we won't be able to do a good job supporting it
>> throughout the 2018.02 support cycle.
> Well, for most packages, the "support" is limited to "it's still there and it
> still doesn't fail in autobuilders".
I was hoping for a bit more than that, E.G. has no known security
issues.
> Which will not happen because we don't use any new toolchains or
> anything during the LTS support cycle.
Unless there is a security issue in one of the libraries it uses (like
openssl) and we need to bump the version to fix that issue.
>> We don't have a good way of handling deprecations, so I'm not sure what
>> the best option is:
>>
>> - Do nothing
>> - Change prompt to "Qt (obsolete)"
> I like this one. It costs us nothing, it makes it clear that you can't expect
> support updates on this package, and it's an advance warning that it may be removed.
Ok, I'll send a patch.
>> - Remove package
> Eventually, yes, with legacy handling. I would remove it only when it breaks.
Ok.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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