From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.22.125.45] (helo=wiki.koala.it) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MPBEi-0001zc-WA for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:13:41 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673112CA01 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wiki.koala.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wiki.koala.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id z5jS+tImBIJO for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (host56-7-static.30-87-b.business.telecomitalia.it [87.30.7.56]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BB1842C9FF for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:14 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4A56F55E.8010000@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:01:34 +0200 From: Marco Cavallini Organization: Marco Cavallini - Bergamo - Italia User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <200907091522.22285.marcin@juszkiewicz.com.pl> <4A55FF61.8020501@gmail.com> <200907091711.27475.marcin@juszkiewicz.com.pl> In-Reply-To: <200907091711.27475.marcin@juszkiewicz.com.pl> Subject: Re: [RFC] Updating stable patches in linux recipes X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:13:41 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marcin Juszkiewicz ha scritto: > Dnia czwartek, 9 lipca 2009 o 16:32:01 Marco Cavallini napisa=C5=82(a): >=20 >> that's a good idea, but could drive to a huge overhead. >> What do you mean exactly with latest stable updates? >> How frequently would you check the stable patch availability? >=20 > I track kernel version RSS daily but work on kernel recipes less often.= =20 > But when I work on them I would like to know is it ok to bump it or=20 > should I contact each developer who use recipe to get Ack from them. +1 from me, although I still have some doubts 1. how do you know who is responsible for each recipe, considering that many of them haven't a proper header showing that. 2. many recipes are often used by other recipes, how can you check all possibilities? thx /marco