From ba4ad9d27c4ddf9f2d1368a978f622bd66850e72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas De Schampheleire Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 17:02:50 +0100 Subject: deprecated handling: introduce BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx In order to keep better track of when a feature got deprecated, and hence when it can be removed, a new set of symbols BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx is introduced. These symbols are automatically selected when BR2_DEPRECATED is selected, and thus are transparent to the user. A deprecated feature will no longer depend on BR2_DEPRECATED directly, but rather on the appropriate BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx. If that symbol does not yet exist, it has to be created in Config.in. When removing a deprecated feature, one should also check whether this was the last feature using the BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx symbol, in which case the latter can be removed from Config.in. A followup patch will make sure the overview is added to the list of deprecated features in the manual, so that a buildroot core developer can easily determine which features to remove in a given development cycle. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py') diff --git a/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py b/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py index 4562d7e2ce..94f403e0c2 100644 --- a/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py +++ b/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ class Buildroot: """ Return True if the symbol is marked as deprecated, otherwise False. """ - return self._deprecated in symbol.get_referenced_symbols() + # This also catches BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_xxxx_xx + return bool([ symbol for x in symbol.get_referenced_symbols() + if x.get_name().startswith(self._deprecated.get_name()) ]) def _is_package(self, symbol): """ Return True if the symbol is a package or a host package, otherwise -- cgit v1.2.3