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

[Darren Hart]

On 05/26/2011 12:58 AM, Jason Kridner wrote:
> 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.

That is the sort of thing this caters to, yes. And no, I don't think
your testing in this way would be redundant - at least not with respect
to anything I'm doing.

--
Darren

> 
>> 
>> 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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> 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel