[oe] [meta-java] rxtx fails to build because of upstream website dead

[Tim Orling]

I just tried and upstream was available. Maybe it was just down for
maintenance?
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:23 AM Romain Bazile <romain.bazile at ubiant.com>
wrote:

> The source package is about 1.5MB big, so that's not really heavy.
>
>
> But I perfectly understand the rationale behind it, which was my fear.
>
>
> I didn't know about the source mirror. This would make perfect sense,
> since this is the exact thing we in fact are looking for (having the
> sources in the layer is only a fix).
>
> How does that work to get the source mirrored here?
>
> I supposed there would need to be some changes to the recipe too?
>
> Romain Bazile
>
> Le 20/05/2017 à 17:21, Trevor Woerner a écrit :
> > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Romain Bazile
> > <romain.bazile at ubiant.com> wrote:
> >> Due to the chronic instability of this website, would it make sense to
> >> include the source file directly into the meta-java layer as a zip file?
> > My guess is the project would not be happy about a large zip file in a
> > git repository. If a patch becomes too big, or if a recipe needs too
> > many patches, the general consensus is to create a repository with the
> > patches and keep the metadata small. On the other hand, exceptions
> > abound.
> >
> >> I don't know about best practices surrounding this, I kindly apologize
> if
> >> it's strictly forbidden! Otherwise, I'm happy to submit a PR including
> the
> >> file and the necessary changes to the recipes (in concerned branches).
> > The yoctoproject maintains a source mirror, the best bet is to ask
> > that the sources be mirrored there. The recipe will probably be
> > expected to stay as-is, and the yocto backup used if/when the primary
> > is down.
>
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