[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] base.bbclass: show layer's branches/revisions in the banner info

[Paul Eggleton]

On Tuesday 28 June 2011 07:45:09 Koen Kooi wrote:
> So it works as expected, but the output is a bit confusing. I have a few
> (conflicting) suggestions:
> 
> 1) replace _BRANCH and _REVISION with ' branch' and ' revision', e.g.:
> 
> 	meta-archos branch          = "master"
> 	meta-archos revision        = "413933fb5f62574e38a9a1e38905ba6e9c1be4ad"
> 
> 2) for the extra layers put branch and revision on a single line:
> 
> 	meta-archos          = "master/413933fb5f62574e38a9a1e38905ba6e9c1be4ad"

I'd go with option 2 over 1, personally - the list gets rather long on 
something like Angstrom, better to keep it short.
 
> 3) Move the revision info down, e..g
> 
> OE Build Configuration:
> BB_VERSION                  = "1.13.1"
> TARGET_ARCH                 = "arm"
> TARGET_OS                   = "linux-gnueabi"
> MACHINE                     = "beagleboard"
> DISTRO                      = "angstrom"
> DISTRO_VERSION              = "v2011.06-core"
> TARGET_FPU                  = "hard"
> METADATA_BRANCH             = "master"
> METADATA_REVISION           = "364ca0d2d0399c8cc6d3b3fc28308e1e14673544"
> meta-angstrom_BRANCH        = "master"
> meta-angstrom_REVISION      = "c19c342c62416752117c2dce4696840bc864f647"
> 
> etc.
> 
> What do you think about that?

Sounds good to me.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre