Re: [PATCH, v2] kbuild: Improve version string logic - two for the price of one - No thanks

[Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>]

On 06/08/2010 10:32 AM, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 10:21:54AM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> On 06/08/2010 10:16 AM, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> OK I get it above should be:
>> [my-tree] $ echo "-my_tree" > localversion-my_tree
>>
>> But now I get DEPMOD 2.6.35-rc2-my_tree+
>>
>> Please fix it so if localversion* is present then the plus is
>> removed. And the git is not inspected
>>
> How is that a 'fix'? If I'm using localversion* and have people sending
> me bug reports, I still do want to see the git ID. The + thing in this
> context might not have any meaning since the 2.6.35-rc2 that you've
> tagged for your tree and the release one could wildly differ, but that's
> more of an argument against the + thing existing at all than anything
> else.
> 

You lost me sorry. I don't understand what you are saying ?

> Whether having LOCALVERSION_AUTO be compulsory is a good idea or not is
> another matter entirely, the localversion* semantics are pretty
> clear-cut.

the "localversion* semantics" is not the issue here. The issue is the
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO semantics. You have effectively made it compulsory
but with a choice of a style. "From the frying pan to the fire"

And you have broken the "localversion* semantics". Because my vanilla release
is 2.6.rc2-my_tree-my_ver as checkedout and delivered from my official tree.
Now you have added a "+" regardless of if it is an official tagged version or
not.

I do not expect a complicated "let me be smarter than you" system that
checks any tags of mine and provides an out-of-tree version system. I just
want a switch that tells the system. "Let me shoot myself in the leg,
I know what I want"

"localversion*" should override any automatism as an indication of an
alternative tagging system. (Or any other switch that can turn this off)

And please stop the politics: "having LOCALVERSION_AUTO be compulsory" is
Politics not, anything technical: "how to support my needs"

Boaz