From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:38:01 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] U-Boot v2010.12 released - Merge Window OPEN In-Reply-To: <4D3F679F.6060406@ahsoftware.de> References: <20101222201539.CDFF7EA652A@gemini.denx.de> <4D3E8855.4070003@ahsoftware.de> <20110125201716.BEB94B187@gemini.denx.de> <4D3F679F.6060406@ahsoftware.de> Message-ID: <20110126073801.11A43BB0B9@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. -- Tallulah Bankhead