Re: [RFC] Proposal to add edk2-apps repository

["Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Leif,

I did consider the edk2-libc name.  The port of Python 2.7 
is in the AppPkg as well and it uses libc.

So the content of this new package is a combination of libc
And apps that use libc.

I am definitely open to alternate names.  2 options so far:

* edk2-apps
* edk2-libc

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindholm@linaro.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 2:41 PM
> To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: Re: [edk2] [RFC] Proposal to add edk2-apps
> repository
> 
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 05:58:08PM +0000, Kinney, Michael
> D wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to propose the creation of a new
> > repository called edk2-apps.  This repository
> > would initially be used to host the following
> > packages from the edk2 repository:
> >
> > * AppPkg
> > * StdLib
> > * StdLibPrivateInternalFiles
> 
> Let me start by saying I 100% back moving these out of the
> main edk2
> repository.
> 
> > These 3 packages provide support for the libc along
> > with applications that depend on libc.  None of the
> > other packages in the edk2 repository use these
> > packages, so these 3 package can be safely moved
> > without any impacts to platform firmware builds.
> > Build configurations that do use libc features can
> > clone the edk2-apps repository and add it to
> > PACKAGES_PATH.
> 
> I must confess to never having properly understood the
> scope of AppPkg
> to begin with.
> 
> AppPkg/Applications/Hello does not appear to have any
> further (real)
> dependency on libc than
> MdeModulePkg/Application/HelloWorld/, and .
> 
> And certainly MdeModulePkg/Applications contain plenty of
> ... applications.
> 
> So, if the purpose is simply to provide some examples of
> application
> written to libc rather than UEFI - should this be edk2-
> libc instead?
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Leif
> 
> > The history of these 3 packages would be preserved
> > when importing the content into edk2-apps.  After
> > The import is verified, these 3 packages would be
> > deleted from the edk2 repository.
> >
> > This proposal helps reduce the size of the edk2
> > repository and focuses edk2 repository on packages
> > used to provide UEFI/PI conformant firmware.
> >
> > If there are no concerns with this proposal, I will
> > enter a Tianocore BZs for the two steps.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike
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