Re: [PATCH 1/1] ncurses: Update to 5.9

[Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com>]

On 04/06/2011 11:27 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com> wrote:
>> On 04/06/2011 10:26 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com> wrote:
>>>> On 04/06/2011 10:05 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/05/2011 11:18 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> The previous 5.7 release was relatively close to 5.8 due to it bringing
>>>>>>>> in a patch to sync with upstream work-in-progress.  We skip over the
>>>>>>>> 5.8 release and move to 5.9.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> there already are patches for 5.9 available too
>>>>>>> ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.9/ncurses-5.9.patch.gz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wrong link?  That reverse applies to ncurses 5.9 release. But
>>>>>> regardless, is ncurses something we need to be tracking top of tree for?
>>>>>>  It seems like we needed to for 5.7 since there had been a lot going on
>>>>>> without a release but that seems to have changed now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> those patches usually contain critical bug fixes including security updates
>>>>> so it will be of interest to keep track of it
>>>>
>>>> Well, it doesn't currently.  And while I agree we need to do a good job,
>>>> everywhere, of keeping track of security updates, I don't think we
>>>> should move back to depending on a site that frequently removes patches.
>>>>
>>>
>>> yes. cache the patches like yocto did for 5.7 recipes
>>
>> That still leaves the problem of there not being a valid patch there at
>> the moment.  And I still don't see why ncurses needs to be in the bucket
>> of recipes we track the scm for rather than relying on the latest stable
>> release.
> 
> 5.9 was released few days back so that patch might be lean for now
> but I assume overtime it will get fatter

It's invalid at the moment, yes.  But you haven't explained why ncurses
needs to be in the bleeding edge bucket.  Usually this is for stuff that
hasn't really reached a stability point.

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation