[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] package.bbclass: Emit HOMEPAGE pkgdata.

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2019-05-22 at 12:44 +0000, Rob Walton wrote:
> Emit the contents of HOMEPAGE in the extra pkgdata. This is useful
> information to have when creating license manifests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Walton <rob.walton at arm.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes/package.bbclass | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> index 4c0a859..a08aefe 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> @@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ fi
>          write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'PKGR')
>          write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'LICENSE')
>          write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'DESCRIPTION')
> +        write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'HOMEPAGE')
>          write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'SUMMARY')
>          write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'RDEPENDS')
>          rprov = write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'RPROVIDES')

This isn't the first time this has been requested, back in 14/11/2017 a
similar patch had the reply:

"This was already proposed once and rejected as its using the interface
for something it really wasn't designed for"

You've also sent this patch once already and questions were raised
then.

I have to admit I don't like the license.bbclass code, its starting to
look like anything every legal department could ask for, meaning it
does no one thing well, just many things badly. I don't like that mess
starting to creep into the packaging code which does have a clearly
defined purpose and use.

Put another way, which variables do we draw the line at?

I worry about the path accepting this patch leads us down :(

Cheers,

Richard