In order to keep better track of when a feature got deprecated, and hence
when it can be removed, a new set of symbols BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx is
introduced. These symbols are automatically selected when BR2_DEPRECATED is
selected, and thus are transparent to the user.
A deprecated feature will no longer depend on BR2_DEPRECATED directly, but
rather on the appropriate BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx. If that symbol does
not yet exist, it has to be created in Config.in.
When removing a deprecated feature, one should also check whether this was
the last feature using the BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx symbol, in which
case the latter can be removed from Config.in.
A followup patch will make sure the overview is added to the list of
deprecated features in the manual, so that a buildroot core developer can
easily determine which features to remove in a given development cycle.
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
- fix download url : isn't available on previous ftp, use an other one
instead
- add version according to source code version
- rename and clean patch according to patch policy
[Peter: adjust upstream URL in Config.in]
Signed-off-by: Arnaud Aujon <arnaud.aujon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Software is ancient, upstream is missing and the package hasn't seen any
significant changes since it was added in 2003.
Unless someone steps up to update it (E.G. to gentargets), it will
be removed during the 2012.05 cycle.
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
