package/forge: remove package

Because the way JavaScript project development is working the chances that your
project is using the same version of the buildroot package, and you provide
this library from `/var/www` to your users is actually really low ...

If you want to bundle JavaScript libraries in your project you should probably
either use a cdn, handle the package version and location of your choice in
your external or overlay, or just bundle it in your assets from a NPM workflow
to benefit from some minifications from your bundler.

Historically many of those JavaScript libraries were added in the 2010 eras
where it could make sense for them to be part of Buildroot.

Most of them are also way outdated/not maintained.

For more informations see https://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysELCE2025

Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>

Config.in.legacy

@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FORGE
+	bool "forge has been removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  JS libraries are no longer part of Buildroot packages.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLOT
 	bool "flot has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY

DEVELOPERS

@@ -1712,7 +1712,6 @@ F:	package/erlang-p1-yconf/
 F:	package/erlang-p1-zlib/
 F:	package/erlang-stun/
 F:	package/erlang-xmpp/
-F:	package/forge/
 F:	package/nginx-dav-ext/
 F:	package/vis-network/
 F:	package/vuejs/

package/Config.in

@@ -1868,7 +1868,6 @@ endmenu
 
 menu "Javascript"
 	source "package/duktape/Config.in"
-	source "package/forge/Config.in"
 	source "package/jquery/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_JQUERY
 menu "External jQuery plugins"

package/forge/Config.in

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_FORGE
-	bool "forge"
-	help
-	  A native implementation of TLS (and various other
-	  cryptographic tools) in JavaScript.
-
-	  https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge

package/forge/forge.hash

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed
-sha256  77de03720cd00fafdbcda47e3e995a1f548f2e9028d11a98b0d9bef37ec2ad85  node-forge-1.3.1.tgz
-sha256  f63ff0e4e239244aa79280da2dd4811a0469e5e201caf5cbc0d97c3a1dff8e82  LICENSE

package/forge/forge.mk

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# forge
-#
-################################################################################
-
-FORGE_VERSION = 1.3.1
-FORGE_SITE = https://registry.npmjs.org/node-forge/-
-FORGE_SOURCE = node-forge-$(FORGE_VERSION).tgz
-FORGE_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0, vendored dependencies licenses probably not listed
-FORGE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-FORGE_CPE_ID_VENDOR = digitalbazaar
-
-# Install .min.js as .js
-define FORGE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/dist/forge.all.min.js \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/forge.all.js
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/dist/forge.min.js \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/forge.js
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/dist/prime.worker.min.js \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/var/www/prime.worker.js
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))