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

[Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>]

Am 25.01.2011 21:17, schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
> Dear Alexander Holler,
>
> In message<4D3E8855.4070003@ahsoftware.de>  you wrote:
>>
>>>      *****************************************************************
>>>      * Currently,>100 ARM boards are *broken* and *do not compile*. *
>>>      *****************************************************************
>>>
>>>      Board maintainers or othe rinterested parties are requested to
>>>      adapt their boards to the new code in the timeframe of the
>>>      upcoming release v2010.03; all boards that have not been converted
>>>      by then, i. e. that are still broken then, are considered
>>>      unmaintained and without interest to the community and will be
>>>      removed.
>>
>> Maybe just a
>>
>> #error Code for this board doesn't compile since at least #date#
>>
>> or a similiar message in foo_config.h would be a way to inform people
>> early that the code needs some work.
>>
>> This way the source for the board could be visible for some more time in
>> the repository.
>
> Patches welcome...

I don't have a script or similiar which tests which boards does compile, 
but adding a

if fail then echo "#error $board doesn't compile since $(date)" 
 >>include/configs/board.h

to such a script should do the trick.

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.

A sideeffect of such an #error would be, that there would be an 
indication about how long a board doesn't compile.

Regards,

Alexander