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>
Python saves a pre-compiled support/scripts/kconfiglib.pyc file
side-to-side with the corresponding .py file.
This does not work if the Buildroot source tree is read-only (but
this is not an error for Python, which keep going OK).
But this may cause issues for out-of-tree builds in case the same
Buildroot source tree is shared by many builds.
Also, 'make clean' currently does not clean this file, and out-of-tree
builds can remove it either, at the risk of causing issues for other
out-of-tree builds running at the same time.
Just tell Python not to generate .pyc files:
- call the script via python, don't use the sha-bang
- thus, make the script non-executable, and remove the sha-bang
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
[Thomas: added Thomas DS Acked-by, given at
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/284719/, and made the additional
typo fixes suggested by Thomas DS.]
Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Script generating the target and host package tables, and the deprecated
stuff list as well. These tables and lists are generated parsing the
Config.in files.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: no leading dot, no menu path for host-utils]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
