From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [130.89.2.8] (helo=smtp.utwente.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J2O4K-0000Gb-0C for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:39:56 +0100 Received: from Powerbook-2.local (vpn006150.vpn.utwente.nl [130.89.6.150]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id lBC9ZU0k029830; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:35:31 +0100 Message-ID: <475FAB62.3090702@student.utwente.nl> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:35:30 +0100 From: Koen Kooi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: angstrom-distro-devel@linuxtogo.org References: <1617210780.20071212000416@gmail.com> <31294197.20071212092006@vanille-media.de> In-Reply-To: <31294197.20071212092006@vanille-media.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact helpdesk@ITBE.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: k.kooi@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Cc: openembedded-devel Subject: Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:39:56 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer schreef: > Paul Sokolovsky wrote: >> Hello openembedded-devel, > >> I already mentioned this in >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2007-December/003695.html , here's specific RFC: >> I'd like to propose using the following filename pattern for deployed >> kernel images: "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}", instead >> of "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PV}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}". This will >> ensure that kernels built from the same recipe are named consistently, >> and thus will allow users and developers track kernels easier. Also, >> any change to build configuration should be accompanied by recipe PR >> bump, so new kernel file will be produces. > > +1. Good thing is it forces you to update PR, bad thing is it forces > you to update PR, especially when you are trying out multiple > defconfigs. But I guess in that case you probably use devshell or an > out-of-OE-tree kernel. > >> So: > >> 1. Does anybody see something grossly wrong with this scheme? >> 2. Otherwise, I'm going to change this for linux-handhelds-2.6, and >> would like to encourage maintainers of the other kernel recipes to do >> the same. > > Isn't it already deployed in linux.inc? I remember I had to catch up > linux-openmoko.inc because of that change. It is. Remaining 'offenders' are linux-hh and linux-rp, and maybe some other kernel recipes I never look at. regards, Koen - -- koen@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl will go go away in december 2007, please use k.kooi@student.utwente.nl instead. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHX6tiMkyGM64RGpERAt+SAJ9hLMyja973cmVH9ODATkw59ozCxACeIDHm e9Nqvwk9Yakn3SWfghFc7f0= =MKeG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----