[U-Boot] U-Boot v2010.12 released - Merge Window OPEN

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Alexander Holler,

In message <4D3F679F.6060406@ahsoftware.de> you wrote:
>
> > Patches welcome...
> 
> I don't have a script or similiar which tests which boards does compile, 

Yes, you do. It's called MAKEALL and comes for free with the U-Boot
code.  Actually it is required to be run before submitting any patch.
Didn't you read the documentation? ;-)

> if fail then echo "#error $board doesn't compile since $(date)" 
>  >>include/configs/board.h
> 
> to such a script should do the trick.

There are many reasons why boards do not build, or cause warnings, so
you at least need to inspect and manually filter such a list.

> I think this will cost less time than removing these boards (with the 
> next release) and will give people more time to implement the necessary 
> changes. When those sources get removed, it will be more work to get 
> them in back, therefore I would prefer to leave such boards in the repo 
> for some more time.

Removing is simple, and the only proven way to clean up old mess.
I see no reason to keep dead, unmaintained code in U-Boot for too
long.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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