[OE-core] Package recipes change proposal (system-wide) - name wise
Koen Kooi
koen at dominion.thruhere.net
Wed Jul 25 10:05:08 UTC 2012
Op 25 jul. 2012, om 09:23 heeft Iorga, Cristian het volgende geschreven:
>
> Hello all,
>
> For me, having the version number contained in the name of package recipe is a little bit puzzling.
> For example: libpcre/libpcre_8.31.bb
>
> Is there a solid technical reason to not have it like this?
>
> libpcre/libpcre.bb
> and inside the recipe to have a PV variable defined:
> PV="8.31"
>
> In that case, the upgrade/update process would not involve performing a "git move" operation.
> In my opinion, this "git move" operation is something to be avoided, as it puzzles a little bit the versioning system and complicates the review process.
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