[OE-core] Contents of non-rootfs partitions

Patrick Ohly patrick.ohly at intel.com
Thu Nov 24 16:21:33 UTC 2016


On Thu, 2016-11-24 at 16:51 +0100, Kristian Amlie wrote:
> On 24/11/16 16:28, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> > Note that in a shell, "data/*" doesn't include "data/.*". So this syntax
> > avoids the confusing rsync syntax in trade for another one. I'd prefer
> > the rsync flavour, because "behaves like rsync" is easier to remember
> > than "behaves like a shell glob, but differently". Confusion could be
> > prevented with good documentation, FWIW.
> 
> This is turning into a bit of a bikeshed discussion. I have a slight
> preference for the glob version, because I think it's less surprising,
> but I'm fine either way.
> 
> I count myself and Ed in favor of glob version, Ulrich and Andreas in
> favor of rsync version. Patrick, you wanna be tie breaker? :-)

But I said I was undecided ;-} Okay, I vote for the rsync flavor.

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