Re: [PATCH 3/3] dtc: Update to version 1.6.1

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 09:10:12AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 27/08/2021 14.09, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > The dtc submodule is currently pointing to non-release commit. It's nicer
> > if submodules point to release versions instead and since dtc 1.6.1 is
> > available now, let's update to that version.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   dtc | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/dtc b/dtc
> > index 85e5d83984..b6910bec11 160000
> > --- a/dtc
> > +++ b/dtc
> > @@ -1 +1 @@
> > -Subproject commit 85e5d839847af54efab170f2b1331b2a6421e647
> > +Subproject commit b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81
> 
> Ping!
> 
> David, could you please pick up this patch if you don't mind it?

Most of our supported platforms don't have version 1.6.1 available.

As a general goal IMHO we should be seeking to eliminate bundling of
3rd party modules that are commonly available in distros. We've
carried dtc for a hell of a long time, and if we keep updating our
submodule we'll keep relyin on new features, and never be able to
drop it because it will always be newer than what's in the distros.

So personally I think we should never again update dtc and capstone
modules. If we want to take adbantage of new features, then do that
through conditional compilation, as we do for any of the other 3rd
party libraries consumed.

Regards,
Daniel
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