[OE-core] [PATCH v2] vim: update to 8.1.1097

[Paul Barker]

On Sun, 31 Mar 2019, at 21:56, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 10:19:51PM +0200, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> > On Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 22:12, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > Looks better, thanks. Is there a particular fix / change you're doing
> > > this for? I ask since every commit is a version bump we might want to
> > > set a guideline of once a month or so for bumping vim to the latest.
> > 
> > It's a bit insane upstream is doing that.
> > Should we set PV to something like PV = "8.1+git${SRCPV}"? That way
> > devtool/AUH/RRS will not be reporting a new version for each commit,
> > and will only do that when 8.2 is out.
> 
> No, we should follow what upstream does for version numbers, it's what
> other distros do. And on the related topic of "is it a stable branch?",
> it does seem like yes, it is. We should just remember to not update it
> more often than say the first of the month, without a specific reason.

When I've done vim updates in the past I aimed for once every 3 months. I also looked at Debian/Fedora/etc to find a version that someone else has already tested in a distribution - with vim having so many "releases" you have the same issue you'd get from picking a random commit off the master branch from another project. Matching against a version used somewhere else gives us something to compare to when we hit a bug.

Thanks,

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Paul Barker
Managing Director & Principal Engineer
Beta Five Ltd