PicoBSD Build Scripts

[Kyle Evans]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 2:52 PM Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> A PR[0] has recently surfaced pertaining to the PicoBSD build scripts
> (see: picobsd(8), ^/release/picobsd) and how they fail to produce
> usable output by default. Some further investigation revealed that the
> build script is actually pretty broken, and has to have been for at
> least a couple of years... see comment #2 on the referenced PR.
>
> Because of this and that it hasn't seen much active maintenance
> (mostly drive-by mechanical changes, from what I can tell) for years,
> I'd like to propose deprecation and removal of the PicoBSD build
> scripts. The bits at ^/release/picobsd/tinyware can likely be moved to
> the ^/tools hierarchy, as they might be independently useful.
>
> Specifically, I propose a soft deadline of October 31st for removal;
> if someone comes forward with patches or an interest in working on it,
> nothing will be removed at this time. I further propose a hard
> deadline of December 31st for removal without patches posted to
> address the various issue. I'll happily review any patches that come
> across my virtual desk.
>
> Thoughts/comments/concerns?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle Evans
>
> [0] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240506

Resending the above as a reminder; I've received zero response, so as
of now the PicoBSD build scripts will be deprecated/removed on October
31st (~30 days from now).

simple_httpd has been moved out of ^/release/picobsd/tinyware as it
was indicated that this is actually used, but I've heard no objections
to anything else. The rest of the tinyware will leave with the build
scripts unless there is interest in keeping them.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans