From: "Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>,
"YP docs mailing list" <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: [docs] "Required Variables" aren't really "required"
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:03:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DJ167JWTFOGI.23YVKLIRK8LG8@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8571c31b-3d25-c00c-df7a-68b61c48cb63@crashcourse.ca>
On Fri Jun 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> here:
>
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.html#required-variables
>
> the section "Required Variables" goes on to say that four variables
> "should" be included in all recipes ("should" does not equal "must"),
> but a quick test build showed that none of those four variables seemed
> to be required for successful parsing -- only a missing "LICENSE"
> triggered a parse error during my testing.
What do you suggest as an alternative word for "Required"?
Antonin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-05 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-05 11:40 "Required Variables" aren't really "required" Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-05 14:03 ` Antonin Godard [this message]
2026-06-05 14:22 ` [docs] " Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-05 14:43 ` Richard Purdie
2026-06-05 15:12 ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-05 15:35 ` Richard Purdie
2026-06-05 15:38 ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-05 15:49 ` Richard Purdie
2026-06-05 16:32 ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-05 16:44 ` Richard Purdie
2026-06-05 16:47 ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-17 11:24 ` Robert P. J. Day
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