Re: [PATCH 0/1] [RESEND]Create a script for SUMMARY audit in recipes

[Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>]

On 20/12/11 22:10, Wang, Shane wrote:
> Saul Wold wrote on 2011-12-21:
> 
>> On 12/20/2011 08:32 PM, Shane Wang wrote:
>>> Here is the script to check which recipe provides SUMMARY and which
>>> doesnot. For those which do not, maintainer should add or update to a
>>> meaningful summary for HOB to display in description.
>>>
>> Shane,
>>
>> I guess I am not understanding why this is needed.  Why can't we use
>> DESCRIPTION which is a required entry?  Use the first X Characters of
>> DESCRIPTION?

There's a huge difference between a purposefully crafted 72 character
summary and a free-for all description field that will have to be
chopped to be displayed in the GUI. I originally chose summary as a
succinct 72 characters would fit much better in the available UI.

Aside: according to the Yocto docs the SUMMARY field should fall back to
DESCRIPTION anyway. It's just that right now we do that at the package
back-end level for each package back-end.


> OK, then HOB has a bug. To use DESCRIPTION instead of SUMMARY. I am OK with that.
> Josh, Dongxiao, did you see any problem if I change that?

I think it's the wrong solution.

Joshua
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