Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:50:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PicoBSD Build Scripts Message-ID: <201910011750.x91Ho8NF044791@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CACNAnaHV0QChyie8kxCLviAdZDyG2pEqP7C%2BjQt0DYHQTy79xA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 2:52 PM Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > A PR[0] has recently surfaced pertaining to the PicoBSD build scripts > > (see: picobsd(8), ^/release/picobsd) and how they fail to produce > > usable output by default. Some further investigation revealed that the > > build script is actually pretty broken, and has to have been for at > > least a couple of years... see comment #2 on the referenced PR. > > > > Because of this and that it hasn't seen much active maintenance > > (mostly drive-by mechanical changes, from what I can tell) for years, > > I'd like to propose deprecation and removal of the PicoBSD build > > scripts. The bits at ^/release/picobsd/tinyware can likely be moved to > > the ^/tools hierarchy, as they might be independently useful. > > > > Specifically, I propose a soft deadline of October 31st for removal; > > if someone comes forward with patches or an interest in working on it, > > nothing will be removed at this time. I further propose a hard > > deadline of December 31st for removal without patches posted to > > address the various issue. I'll happily review any patches that come > > across my virtual desk. > > > > Thoughts/comments/concerns? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kyle Evans > > > > [0] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240506 > > Resending the above as a reminder; I've received zero response, so as > of now the PicoBSD build scripts will be deprecated/removed on October > 31st (~30 days from now). > > simple_httpd has been moved out of ^/release/picobsd/tinyware as it > was indicated that this is actually used, but I've heard no objections > to anything else. The rest of the tinyware will leave with the build > scripts unless there is interest in keeping them. > > Thanks, > Kyle Evans Please first commit a depreication notice, which you can do now, if someone invokes the PicoBSD build scripts it should emmit a warning that it is going away in 13, you can MFC that back to stable/12 and stable/11 to give folks a heads up, if you do that I have no objection for a axe cut of this code on Oct 31. Regards, -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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