From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.173.237] helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhrE4-0006vx-RW for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:51:17 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6FMlFeK025007; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:47:15 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24808-02; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:47:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p6FMl6hS025000 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:47:06 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer In-Reply-To: <4E20BF61.3020901@mentor.com> References: <4E20BE2C.3060103@linux.intel.com> <4E20BF61.3020901@mentor.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:47:02 +0100 Message-ID: <1310770022.20015.1257.camel@rex> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] help2man-native: Add 1.36.4 (GPLv2) and 1.38.2 (GPLv3) X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:51:17 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 15:29 -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On 07/15/2011 03:24 PM, Saul Wold wrote: > > On 07/15/2011 03:03 PM, Tom Rini wrote: > >> These are 'side ports' of current oe.dev versions. PR is kept in sync > >> but we drop out the target recipes in order to punt on potential perl > >> problems. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Tom Rini > >> --- > >> .../help2man/help2man-native_1.36.4.bb | 26 > >> ++++++++++++++++++++ > >> .../help2man/help2man-native_1.38.2.bb | 24 > >> ++++++++++++++++++ > >> 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > >> create mode 100644 > >> meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.36.4.bb > >> create mode 100644 > >> meta/recipes-devtools/help2man/help2man-native_1.38.2.bb > >> > > > > Why do we need both versions? Can't we just use the most current? > > For the "I want no GPLv3" crowd. This is a little more clear in oe.dev > where we also build for the target but yes, different legal departments > have different GPLv3 concerns so I think it makes sense in this case still. We support limited GPLv2 functionality for the target. We don't do this for the build tools since the compiler is GPLv3 for a start. We also don't cover target development tools. So I don't think we need the old version... Cheers, Richard