Re: [PATCH] bind: Remove RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON and follow the ESV releases

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 02:20:40AM -0700, akuster808 wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/29/19 3:00 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> > ---
> >  meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.11.5-P4.bb | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.11.5-P4.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.11.5-P4.bb
> > index 1355841e6b..93c406f778 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.11.5-P4.bb
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.11.5-P4.bb
> > @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "8ddab4b61fa4516fe404679c74e37960"
> >  SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7e8c08192bcbaeb6e9f2391a70e67583b027b90e8c4bc1605da6eb126edde434"
> >  
> >  UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/"
> > -UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>9(\.\d+)+(-P\d+)*)/"
> > -RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON = "9.11 is LTS 2021"
> > +# stay at 9.11 until 9.16, from 9.16 follow the ESV versions divisible by 4
> > +UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>9.(11|16|20|24|28)(\.\d+)+(-P\d+)*)/"
> 
> So are you setting the package update policy to LTS only ?

RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON was a bug in any case since it prevented 
upgrades on the 9.11 branch.

> Its a function over maintenance question.

Yes.

> I don't understand why this package is being singled out. I think it
> should be an OE  architecture discussion

My impression is that the default in OE is to follow upstream LTS,
and not doing so would be the exception.

> - Armin

cu
Adrian

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