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From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/6] boot/uboot: support building U-Boot with Python 3.x
Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 23:45:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200509214512.GU12536@scaer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200503151215.5d39140e@windsurf.home>

Thomas, All,

On 2020-05-03 15:12 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sun, 3 May 2020 10:02:31 +0200
> "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:
> > > +if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYTHON
> > > +
> > > +choice
> > > +	prompt "Python version"
> > > +	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYTHON2
> > > +
> > > +config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYTHON2
> > > +	bool "python 2.x"
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Select this option if U-Boot needs a host Python 2.x
> > > +	  interpreter. This is the case for some U-Boot
> > > +	  configurations, prior to U-Boot 2020.01.
> > > +
> > > +config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYTHON3
> > > +	bool "python 3.x"
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Select this option if U-Boot needs a host Python 3.x
> > > +	  interpreter. This is the case for some U-Boot
> > > +	  configurations, after U-Boot 2020.01.
> > > +
> > > +endchoice  
> > 
> > I don't like it much that construct, where a boolean hides a choice.
> > Instead, we can siumply use a choice (options names abbreviated as I'm
> > lazy to type them full):
[--SNIP--]
> If I use depends on like you suggest, we break backward compatibility.
> Indeed, an existing configuration with

Right, so I like backward compatibility, but I also do not like the
bool-hides-a-choice construct, so here's my counter-counter proposal:

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON
        bool

    choice
        bool "U-Boot needs host python"

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PY_NONE
        bool "none"
        depends on !BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PY2
        bool "python2"

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PY3
        bool "python3"

    endchoice

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT
        bool "U-Boot needs pylibfdt"
        select BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON

    config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYELFTOOLS
        bool "U-Boot needs pyelftools"
        select BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON

Yes, this is a tiny-weeny-little-bit more verbose, because there's still
the BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON boolean, but it has no prompt, so
it is not user-visible, and it no longer hides the choice, just one
entry of it.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-09 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-02 21:28 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] Support Python 3.x in U-Boot Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/6] package/python3-pyelftools: new package Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/6] boot/uboot: support building U-Boot with Python 3.x Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-03  8:02   ` Yann E. MORIN
2020-05-03 13:12     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-09 21:45       ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/6] configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_lime{, 2}: use " Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/6] configs/beelink_gs1: " Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-02 21:58   ` Clément Péron
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/6] configs/roc_pc_rk3399: fix U-Boot dependencies Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-02 21:28 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 6/6] configs/nanopi_neo4: " Thomas Petazzoni
2020-05-15 21:05 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] Support Python 3.x in U-Boot Yann E. MORIN
2020-05-17 17:43   ` Clément Péron

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