[oe] Bitbake build error on Fedora 12 x86 64-bit

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote:

> On Saturday 23 January 2010 13:38:08 Elvis Dowson wrote:

> > Hi, I found the solution for this. I was using the older svn
> > repository, and bitbake is now being maintained using the git
> > repository, which has the latest updates.
> >
> > Switching to the git version of the bitbake repository helped
> > remove the error, and the build has now commenced! :-)
>
> And in general we encourage users to use the release tarballs of
> Bitbake. This is why you should not be able to find your git
> commands in the documentation on OpenEmbedded.org

  just catching up on this thread ... i'm confused, what does it mean
to say, "you should not be able to find your git commands in the
documentation on OpenEmbedded.org"?  does that mean that the
development version of bitbake has additional commands above and
beyond the latest tarball release that aren't documented?  or what?

  also, while i appreciate that you encourage people to use the stable
version of bitbake, i don't think you should be so discouraging
regarding people who want to use the git checkout.  as long as people
realize it's a development version, why would you want to talk people
out of using it and helping you identify possible bugs?

  as long as users know the risks, i'd personally *encourage* them to
use the dev version, and reports bugs they find.  the more testers,
the better, no?

rday
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