Re: [PATCH v2] remove RaspberryPi support

[Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:30:36AM +0100, claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com wrote:
> RaspberryPi is removed from meta-isar, because
>  - there currently no maintainers for it
>  - there is no automated boot test for it
>  - forces burden on rest of isar to support jessie
>  - very old board, most users should have moved on to RPi 2 or 3
> 
> If those points change, support for it can be readded.

- There is a maintaner (the process has to be improved)
- Testing doesn't have to be automated (automation desired mid- to long-term)
- There is value in supporting old boards as long as it is reasonable
- I think we should strive for evolution and not discrete add-remove jumps

The burden issue demonstrates one of the fundamental ideas behind Isar. After
some time, people end up building for different suites. Many people who release
stretch today will build for stretch and buster tomorrow. Maybe now is the time
to make pluggable mechanisms for different suites. Without satisfying that
need, Isar won't be serving people in the long run, IMHO.

Regarding rpi1, I'd be reluctant to remove without understanding what went
wrong first. Moving to stretch shouldn't be a problem, but the issue of
elegantly supporting different suites remains nonetheless.

With kind regards,
Baurzhan.