[oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] parted_1.8.6.bb: add parted that not GPLv3

[Andre McCurdy]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:11:01PM -0700, Andre McCurdy wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 09:51:34AM +0800, Lei Maohui wrote:
>> >> In oe-core,the parted is GPLv3,so add parted-1.8.6 which is not GPLv3.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Lei Maohui <leimaohui at cn.fujitsu.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  .../parted-1.8.6/1000parted-1.8.6-warnings1.patch  | 11 ++++
>> >>  .../1001parted-1.8.6-notransname1.patch            | 39 ++++++++++++++
>> >>  .../1002parted-1.8.6-off-by-one1.patch             | 25 +++++++++
>> >>  .../1003parted-1.8.6-primary-boundary1.patch       | 12 +++++
>> >>  .../parted-1.8.6/1004parted-1.8.6-xvd1.patch       | 50 +++++++++++++++++
>> >>  .../1005parted-1.8.6-devmapper-header1.patch       | 13 +++++
>> >>  .../parted/parted-1.8.6/7000no_effect_macro1.patch | 11 ++++
>> >>  .../parted/parted-1.8.6/ui.c-fix-build-error.patch | 26 +++++++++
>> >>  meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.8.6.bb    | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >>  9 files changed, 249 insertions(+)
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1000parted-1.8.6-warnings1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1001parted-1.8.6-notransname1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1002parted-1.8.6-off-by-one1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1003parted-1.8.6-primary-boundary1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1004parted-1.8.6-xvd1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/1005parted-1.8.6-devmapper-header1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/7000no_effect_macro1.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted-1.8.6/ui.c-fix-build-error.patch
>> >>  create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-extended/parted/parted_1.8.6.bb
>> >
>> > I cannot take this to meta-oe, because as soon as it's added there it
>> > will be used by all DISTROs even those who don't mind having GPLv3
>> > version.
>> >
>> > Everybody would need to define PREFERRED_VERSION, because
>> > DEFAULT_PREFERENCE is useless across different layers :/
>> > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2964
>> >
>> > So this either has to be introduced in oe-core or in completely separate
>> > layer which would be included only by those who cannot use GPLv3.
>>
>> Third option would be to reduce the priority of meta-oe to be lower
>> than oe-core.
>>
>> That seems logical regardless of any GPLv3 discussion - since meta-oe
>> "fills in the gaps" in oe-core, if something _is_ present in oe-core
>> then it probably should be the default version.
>
> Except when this additional stuff requires some changes in recipes
> already available in oe-core, that's why meta-oe has higher priority.
>

Do you have an example?