[OE-core] [PATCH 14/14] babeltrace: switch over to git

Alexander Kanavin alexander.kanavin at linux.intel.com
Fri May 4 12:48:16 UTC 2018


On 05/04/2018 03:46 PM, Paulo Neves wrote:
> I always wondered, what is the rationale for not always using the git
> repositories? If there is one why did we change for this specific
> recipe?
> 
> I ask this because I am in the process of creating a massive layer,
> whose only purpose is to have the software come from the git
> repository and not from the tarballs of the original poky recipes.

Git repositories can be much slower to clone, than it would be to 
download an equivalent tarball. Otherwise, I have no particular preference.

Alex



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