[OE-core] RFC: systemd version - release or git?

[Martin Jansa]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:54:50AM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> As anyone looking at the autobuidler will know, we've been having a lot
> of issues with instability with systemd tests under qemu.
> 
> I believe these are real world issues, most likely races in systemd
> itself.
> 
> The last release of systemd, 208 was five months ago. There have been a
> ton of changes since including many bug fixes.
> 
> Fedora 20 uses systemd 208 (the last release) with 200+ patches on top.
> 
> I'm therefore wondering if we shouldn't bite the bullet and add a git
> recipe rather than trying to patch 208 into some form of life.
> 
> The proposal is therefore to add a more recent git recipe and make that
> the default.
> 
> I have such a patch in master-next. I've debugged the toolchain issues,
> missing kernel config and other issues with systemd master, it always
> now seems to pass the autobuilder tests. I need to check on one
> remaining automated QA test result to ensure its not a regression in
> systemd.
> 
> Any objections to defaulting to a git version?

I think we can wait few more days for new release:
https://www.mail-archive.com/systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg16738.html

but otherwise I don't have strong objections for switching to git
version temporary (if it really makes QA test results better).

Cheers,

-- 
Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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