[OE-core] [PATCH 13/13] man-pages: correct the SRC_URI

[Alexander Kanavin]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 21:09, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 6:33 AM Alexander Kanavin
> <alex.kanavin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The homepage: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/download.html
> > specifies that the latest tarballs are published one level up
> > from where we currently take them.
> >
>
> archive is a better location for what it's worth. Since long after a
> release, the tarball may disappear from
> level up but chances of it being in archive are higher. So Let's not
> change this URI, unless there is another
> reason that I missed.
>

I have to disagree actually! The reasons are:
1. Taking man-pages from archive means we are always shipping an out of
date version, particularly if a tarball is archived months or years later
than it was released.
2. Specifically here, the main folder has all man-page releases going back
1.5 years, which is longer than yocto release's support window. Meanwhile,
the archive is missing several latest releases.
3. Even if a yocto release ships a version of man-pages that is then
archived and removed from main folder, it is trivial and safe to backport
an update from master. man-pages tarballs contain pre-built documentation
and don't threaten release stability.

If this becomes a real problem, we can also write to Michael Kerrisk and
ask that he doesn't move tarballs around.

Alex
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