[OE-core] [PATCH] u-boot: renamed dir from uboot to the more appropriate u-boot

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Martin Jansa,

In message <20111209080731.GB3848 at jama.jama.net> you wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 08:55:05AM +0100, Anders Darander wrote:
> > * Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com> [111209 08:25]:
> > 
> > > recipe dirs normally have the name of the (main) package and the official name is u-boot
> > 
> > From this I guess that there aren't any other changes in the patch,
> > apart from the renames?
> > 
> > Next time, could you add '-M' to `git format-patch`, to make git detect
> > renames? That results in smaller and easier to review patches.
>
> Just because of "Coordinating inter-layer dependencies" thread I have to
> say, that this will break parsing for people using ie meta-openmoko and
> meta-nokia BSP layers:
>
> meta-nokia/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb:require recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot> .inc
> meta-openmoko/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb:require recipes-bsp/uboot/u-b> oot.inc
>
> But I'll try to update meta-smartphone layers as soon as this change is
> applied in oe-core..
>
> meta-ti is already using recipes-bsp/u-boot so I guess it's worth
> renaming.

It's highly advisable to perform the rename ASAP. There is an
Austrian lawyer who claims to have IP rights on the name "uboot".

We had to sign a Cease and Desist Notice and update all web pages to
change all ocurrences of "uboot" into "u-boot" (which actually
required extensions to the wiki we used).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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