[OE-core] Fetch time optimization (svn : gcc/eglibc - git : linux-yocto)

[Eric Bénard]

Le Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:49:33 -0400,
Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at gmail.com> a écrit :
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Eric Bénard <eric at eukrea.com> wrote:
> > I think fetching from git or svn should not be the first thing to do in
> > recipes like gcc, eglibc, linux & co where we are based on a
> > stable released version : this doesn't bring real added value to the
> > user in OE context and this wastes bandwidth (a tbz2 kernel is around
> 
> s/user/developer/ and there is value in having git history. I know we'd never do
> without it in our shop.
> 
> I suggested shallow clones and some other options to Richard a few weeks
> ago, or some other hybrid models. They all vary in terms of nastiness and
> have some good and bad points.
> 
> But from a kernel guy's point of view, you definitely want to work
> inside git, but

Do you mean you work in the git tree of linux-yocto *directly
inside* OE's sources / downloads ?

Eric