[RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename

[RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename

[Paul Sokolovsky]

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.

  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.


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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename

[Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]

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.

Regards,

:M:
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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename

[Koen Kooi]

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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

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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Using ${PR} instead of ${DATETIME} in deployed kernel image filename

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello Koen,

Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 11:35:30 AM, you wrote:

[]
>>> I'd like to propose using the following filename pattern for deployed
>>> kernel images: "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}", instead

>>> 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.

  Aha, perfect. So I guess, we can bring all kernel recipes to
consistency, like in one-week frame...

> regards,

> Koen




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