[OE-core] [pull-oe-uboot 2/2] u-boot: rename u-boot_git.bb to u-boot_${PV}.bb

Jason Kridner jkridner at beagleboard.org
Thu May 26 07:58:53 UTC 2011


On May 26, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> In order to facilitate reuse of the oe-core u-boot recipe, there needs to be
> some assurance that the oe-core version won't change without a clear indicator
> to people extending it.
> 
> By renaming the recipe to include its version string instead of "git", BSP
> layers can extend a specific base version of u-boot, ie.
> u-boot_2011.03.bbappend. When 2011.06 becomes available, we can create that file
> without instantly breaking all the BSPs depending on oe-core version of the
> recipe.
> 
> As a matter of policy I would recommend we not carry more than 2 versioned
> u-boot recipess at any given time. This will provide BSP layers time to migrate
> to the newer version, without cluttering oe-core with numerous stale versions of
> u-boot. We may decide later to resurrect u-boot_git.bb as an AUTOREV recipe to
> faciliate upstream development on u-boot in the oe environment.

This sounds especially useful for automated testing of upstream. I'd be interested in setting up a public daily build and test report in such a configuration. Let me know if it would be redundant. 

> 
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>
> Cc: Jason Kridner <jkridner at beagleboard.org>
> ---
> .../uboot/{u-boot_git.bb => u-boot_2011.03.bb}     |    0
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> rename meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/{u-boot_git.bb => u-boot_2011.03.bb} (100%)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_2011.03.bb
> similarity index 100%
> rename from meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_git.bb
> rename to meta/recipes-bsp/uboot/u-boot_2011.03.bb
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 




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