[OE-core] worth adding a "git"-versioned of i2c-tools to oe-core?

Alexander Kanavin alexander.kanavin at linux.intel.com
Tue Aug 1 13:35:30 UTC 2017


On 07/31/2017 09:57 PM, Khem Raj wrote:

> usually, sending it upstream at same time when its proposed here for OE
> is best. Then you can discuss it with upstream on sides, if upstream
> does not want a patch, that creates some maintenance debt for future
> upgrades but such is life.

Also, if the patch is non-trivial, there is a risk it will be dropped 
from Yocto in the future, if rebasing it to a newer upstream release is 
difficult and requires specialist knowledge. It's best if upstream 
maintainers take it.

Alex



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