[oe] [RFC] How to handle external kernel patches in oe the right way?

[Dr. Michael Lauer]

Graeme Gregory wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 08:52:21PM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
>> I'm afraid I'm with Mickey here. I don't like the way this "prepatching"
>> works and I think its pretty ugly but I can understand why people are
>> doing it. I'd like to see a better solution but until then what they're
>> doing allows them to develop effectively which is what we're supposed to
>> be about.
>> 
> Maybe if I get some free time around october I might suggest enhancing
> the fetcher/patcher so that any URL can have a

> http://blah.com/patches.gz;patchseries=1
> svn://wibble.com/branchs/smoo/;patchseries=1

I like that a lot.

Regards,

:M:
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