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On 06/21/2011 10:59 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 June 2011 18:54:12 Koen Kooi wrote:
>> Since we're using the 2011.03 tag, why is SRCPV in PV at all? It should be
>> exactly the same as the tarball.
> 
> One might go one step further and ask why fetching from git is a good idea 
> when the tarball would be much cleaner. Ultimately this is up to whoever 
> maintains the u-boot recipe.

Especially with the current git archive mirroring problem.

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation