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From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] OvmfPkg: retire "create-release.py"
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On 03/25/19 14:24, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1653
> 
> "create-release.py" generates a 2-BSDL copyright block that will no longer
> apply once we fix <https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1373>.
> 
> Rather than update "create-release.py", remove it. We haven't used it in
> several years now, plus source releases of upstream edk2 are now covered
> by the edk2 stable tags
> <https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II#stable-tags>.
> 
> Regarding binary releases of upstream OVMF: OVMF and ArmVirtQemu binaries
> built at the edk2 stable tags are being bundled with upstream QEMU,
> similarly to other firmware that runs on QEMU platforms:
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-03/msg06148.html>.
> Furthermore, the Xen project has provided its own builds of OVMF and
> ArmVirtXen for a good while now.
> 
> Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Repo:   https://github.com/lersek/edk2.git
>     Branch: retire_create_release
> 
>  OvmfPkg/create-release.py | 208 --------------------
>  1 file changed, 208 deletions(-)

Pushed as commit cf85ba23d58c.

Thanks
Laszlo