[oe] [Bitbake-dev] merging bitbake changes from poky

[Richard Purdie]

Hi,

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 12:02 -0500, Cliff Brake wrote:
> I am experimenting with merging some bitbake changes from poky and
> they are available:
> 
>   URL: git://dev.bec-systems.com/bitbake.git
>   Tracked remote branches
>     bitbake-1.8 bitbake-1.8-poky-fixes master
> 
> Can we consider moving bitbake to git?  It would make activities like
> this a little easier.  It would also be easier for users to manage
> their own bitbake repositories which has been necessary for me several
> times in the past to include fixes.  Note, I am not suggested we merge
> bitbake with the OE source, but I don't see any problem with putting
> it in a separate repo on git.openembedded.net.

I'm broadly in favour of this provided we can reasonably preserve the
svn history. I think we will end up switching to git, its just a
question of when.

Cheers,

Richard