Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] package/goc: new virtual package

From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: Christian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
	Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>,
	Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>,
	Marcin Niestroj <m.niestroj@grinn-global.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
	Buildroot Mailing List <buildroot@buildroot.org>,
	Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>,
	Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@essensium.com>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] package/goc: new virtual package
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:55:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221017175500.GB3666@scaer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+h8R2qwa-bzHzogQoVRubbapo1EwKmzyPML_hJQww144DWv6g@mail.gmail.com>

Christian, All,

On 2022-10-17 09:06 -0700, Christian Stewart spake thusly:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 7:29 AM Thomas Perale < [1]thomas.perale@essensium.com> wrote:
>   This virtual package implement the already existing go compiler compiled
>   from source and shows it on the host package menu.
>   The usage of a virtual package on top of the go compiler enable the
>   supports of for multiple providers for the Go compiler.
> Is it not possible to continue using the existing host-go target and
> simply add a parameter which enables downloading the precompiled
> version instead?
> Rather than add a new package.

In fact, we want to have a similar implementation for rust, go, nodejs,
so (without looking at the details of this series), I guess Thomas
Perale took the same approach as the existing rust situation, like
Thomas Petazzoni did in the recent host-nodejs series:

    https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=319967

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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