[OE-core] Request to move "gitpkgv.bbclass" from meta-oe to oe-core

[Mike Looijmans]

In partial reply to my own question, this has been discussed 2 years ago, but 
apparently nothing ever came out of it.

http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2012-February/056050.html

So once more the request to be able to get sane version strings for git repos. 
Can we please just move gitpkgv. That's like five minutes work, and if anyone 
(e.g. me) feels like building something better, he or she is free do submit 
that and get rid of the gitpkgv class once it's obsolete.

Mike.

On 10/08/2014 04:39 PM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> The gitpkgv class is very helpful when you want packages to have a consistent
> incremental version number, when build machines cannot talk to eachother
> (ruling out using PRSERVER for example) other than through repositories.
>
> However, this small gem is present in meta-oe and not in the core. I now have
> several layers that pull in all of meta-oe just for being able to number GIT
> versions incrementally.
>
> Could gitpkgv be moved into oe-core? (I'll be happy to write and submit the
> patch.) Or, is there an alternative that does something similar?
>
> Kind regards,
> Mike.
>
>
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Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards,

Mike Looijmans

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