From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:10:16 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] Buildroot maintainer and stable releases In-Reply-To: <20090108082545.GC17480@zelow.no> (Thomas Lundquist's message of "Thu\, 8 Jan 2009 09\:25\:45 +0100") References: <87prj1v4dy.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1231243376.32308.52.camel@elrond.atmel.com> <87vdsssiwo.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <200901070409.42558.markus.heidelberg@web.de> <1231326832.32308.320.camel@elrond.atmel.com> <87prizl5im.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1231330238.32308.334.camel@elrond.atmel.com> <20090107181337.GB14648@zelow.no> <1231355808.32308.414.camel@elrond.atmel.com> <20090108082545.GC17480@zelow.no> Message-ID: <87hc4arwnb.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Lundquist writes: Hi, >> When we release a distribution, then all needed packages >> in that distribution needs to be mirrored somewhere. Thomas> Maybe not just right then but later, yes. The Linux kernel and gcc Thomas> does not have to be a part of this scheme since they are all available Thomas> at the source. I guess a few other packages might also be like that. Thomas> The other option is to always mirror and use one download source Thomas> for all packages except the ones mentioned above. I would prefer a backup system like what we have for Makefile.autotools.in - E.G. try the upstream location first, and only if that fails go to the mirror. Thomas> make source might work but not tested. It does work, but it ofcourse only downloads the package(-versions) you are using. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard