FYI On 26/02/2016 03:49, "Paul Eggleton" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi folks, > >So we've been gearing up the Toaster web UI to replace the Hob (GTK+ >based) UI >for some time now; Hob has basically been on life support for the past >few >releases. As of late last month in master, Toaster has the capability to >select the packages in an image, removing the last thing that Hob could >do >that Toaster couldn't. This means it's about time we looked at removing >Hob - >particularly if we want to do so for the upcoming 2.1 release as we >should >really do so within the M3 development timeframe which is almost over. > >To recap, the reasons why Hob ought to be removed include: > >- The code is tightly woven into BitBake, making it fragile. This means >it >needs significant QA and maintenance on an ongoing basis. > >- Some of the implementation is not ideal; we'll be able to remove some >cruft >from BitBake and OE-Core at the same time. > >- It's GTK+ 2 based, not the current GTK+ 3. > >- Toaster is now a much more capable UI and is being actively maintained > >I'm maintaining a list of things we would drop together with Hob, so I >could >probably come up with a patchset - I just wanted to give people a heads >up and >double check that this is something we indeed want to do in 2.1. Any >comments? > >Cheers, >Paul > >-- > >Paul Eggleton >Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- _______________________________________________ toaster mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/toaster
