[bitbake-devel] [Openembedded-architecture] [PATCH] data_smart: Drop default expand=False to getVarFlag [API change]

[Richard Purdie]

On Tue, 2016-02-02 at 21:36 -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Richard Purdie
> <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > At some point in the future, getVarFlag should expand by default.
> > To
> > get there from the current position, we need a period of time where
> > the
> > expand parameter is mandatory.
> > 
> 
> what are advantages of this.

Most users expect the data to be expanded by default. Most call sites
also use getVar(xxx, True), its uncommon to see expand=False, outside
the core of bitbake.

So the ultimate advantage is a more sensible default which is what the
user expects and leads to neater/smaller code.

We have had several bugs requesting this and it does confuse people.

I have heard regrets from some of the original developers that the
default wasn't True as well.

Cheers,

Richard