[Buildroot] Analysis of build results for 2018-02-25
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Feb 26 19:01:38 UTC 2018
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
> Hello,
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:06:20 +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> > mplayer upstream is dead ? If that is the case, then indeed we should
>> > just take those patches as-is.
>>
>> I haven't followed development in details, but the latest mplayer
>> release is more than 2 years old and several forks exists (E.G. mpv).
> But isn't mplayer one of those projects that says that releases are
> useless, and people should always use the latest trunk/master/tip
> because it's obviously "the best".
Maybe. I do see some recent changes in subversion, but mainly small
things (tweaks to the handwritten configure script).
>> >> Or deprecate qt4?
>>
>> > Just because it's broken on powerpc?
>>
>> Well, mainly because it is no longer maintained upstream. Even Debian is
>> removing Qt4:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Qt4Removal
> True, but we are not going to remove it for 2018.02, right ?
It is indeed getting quite late for 2018.02, but given that:
- It isn't supported upstream
- The package is orphaned in Buildroot
- Other distributions (like Debian) no longer supports it
Makes me think that we won't be able to do a good job supporting it
throughout the 2018.02 support cycle.
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)"
- Remove package
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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