[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/4] pkg-infra: differentiate remote and local tarball filenames (branch yem/download)

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 18/11/14 22:03, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Arnout Vandecappelle,
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:38:58 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>
> >  I think there are two reasons for the split:
> >
> > 1. _SOURCE can be dropped if it is <pkg>-<version>.tar.gz - this would be
> > difficult if we only had _SITE.
>
> True. But on the other hand, the fact that we use
> <pkg>-<version>.tar.gz by default has always confused newcomers a bit,
> and with .tar.xz becoming more and more adopted, having .tar.gz as the
> default is less obvious than it used to be.
>
> > 2. _PATH and _EXTRA_DOWNLOAD don't need to specify the full URL.
>
> Well, yes, but that's specifically the issue I raised: since you don't
> specify the full URL, there's no way for the package to download
> patches or other stuff from other places than <pkg>_SITE.

 I completely agree, just pointing out the (historical) reasons why the split
exists.

 Regards,
 Arnout

>
> Thomas
>


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