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

Martin Jansa martin.jansa at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 10:51:01 UTC 2011


On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:30:58AM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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).

OK thanks for info, renamed in meta-smartphone and shr branches.

-- 
Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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