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From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] fake-hwclock: new package
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:39:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180814143955.GI7915@scaer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180814160032.5d2bfce8@windsurf>

Thomas, Christopher, All,

On 2018-08-14 16:00 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:46:34 -0700, Christopher McCrory wrote:
> > +if BR2_PACKAGE_FAKE_HWCLOCK
> > +config BR2_PACKAGE_FAKE_HWCLOCK_CRONJOB
> > +        bool "install fake-hwclock cronjob"
> > +        help
> > +          Hourly cronjob to save current timestamp
> 
> What should be our policy for cronjobs ? I'm not sure we currently have
> packages that install cronjobs. What should we do? Install
> unconditionally? Have a sub-option?
> 
> I would personally lean towards installing unconditionally, but I'd
> like to have others opinions before applying.

Don't add an option; always install it.

Unless there is a *very* good reason not to (e.g. security
considerations), in which case a rationale must be provided.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-08-14 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-10 14:46 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] fake-hwclock: new package Christopher McCrory
2018-08-10 14:46 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] perl-cgi: " Christopher McCrory
2018-08-14  3:45   ` François Perrad
2018-08-14 14:00 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] fake-hwclock: " Thomas Petazzoni
2018-08-14 14:39   ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2018-08-14 17:44   ` Christopher McCrory
2018-08-14 23:04   ` Arnout Vandecappelle

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