From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Github URL used to fetch packages
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:26:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131104092646.743d423e@skate> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5277484F.4070402@mind.be>
Dear Arnout Vandecappelle,
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:10:07 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> I like the idea. We would typically do this with some auxiliary
> variables instead of a new download method, but maybe the download method
> isn't such a bad idea. It would add even more complexity to the horrible
> pkg-download.mk, though...
>
> Bottom line: the idea is good, but let's see if the implementation can
> be acceptable.
Instead of a new download method, can it simply be a helper function,
like:
FOO_SITE = $(call github,<user>,<package>,<version>)
or something like that. This way we don't clutter the core of the
download infrastructure with another site method that isn't really a
site method.
Best regards,
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-04 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-30 9:53 [Buildroot] Github URL used to fetch packages Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-11-04 7:10 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2013-11-04 8:26 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2013-11-04 8:28 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-11-04 9:31 ` Samuel Martin
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