[oe] sane-srcrevs.inc content and update policy

[Richard Purdie]

On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 15:43 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> I want to start using sane-srcrevs.inc in angstrom soon, but I heard some sounds from
> angstrom-derivatives about needing some bleeding-edge bits.
> 
> So I have a few questions:
> 
> * how can a SRC_REV-pn-${PN} be overriden in a clean way (e.g. SRC_REV-pn-foo = "now")?

SRCREV_pn-foo = "${AUTOREV}"

(AUTOREV is a variable specifically created for this purpose and was
already checked into bitbake.conf)

> * what goes into sane-srcrevs.inc (everything with positive def_pref?)?

That would seem appropriate (anything srcrev based would be appropriate
regardless of def_pref really).

> * what policy will be set for updating it?

Latest bleeding edge? We could even automate this...

> Having a complete sane-srcrevs.inc should fix the "can't build because berlios is down"
> type of problems.

Agreed as commented/discussed in the bugzilla.

Cheers,

Richard