[RFC v2] Proposal to add edk2-libc

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

Hello,

I shared an RFC in November to add an edk2-apps repository.

https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-November/033330.html

Feedback in this thread discussed that there are three types
of applications.  Apps that use libc, UEFI Shell apps,
and UEFI Applications.  I would like this RFC to focus on libc
applications, and changes related to UEFI Shell apps and
UEFI Applications can be handled separately.  The updated
RFC is shown below.  The repo name has been changed from
edk2-apps to edk2-libc based on feedback from Leif.

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I would like to propose the creation of a new
repository called edk2-libc.  This repository
would initially be used to host the following
packages from the edk2 repository:

* AppPkg
* StdLib
* StdLibPrivateInternalFiles

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-libc repository and add it to
PACKAGES_PATH.

The history of these 3 packages would be preserved
when importing the content into edk2-libc.  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