From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp103.mer-nm.internl.net (smtp103.mer-nm.internl.net [217.149.192.139]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 975DC6FBB9 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:36:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amavisd-new (mailscanner08.wrt-nm.internl.net [217.149.192.54]) by smtp103.mer-nm.internl.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E8FA3F4AD; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:36:27 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 tagged_above=-999 required=4.5 tests=[BAYES_05=-0.5] autolearn=disabled X-Spam-Languages: en Received: from smtp103.mer-nm.internl.net ([217.149.192.139]) by amavisd-new (mailscanner08.wrt-nm.internl.net [217.149.192.160]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:36:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from TOP-EX01.TOPIC.LOCAL (mail.topic.nl [82.204.13.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp103.mer-nm.internl.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:36:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.80.45] (192.168.80.45) by TOP-EX01.TOPIC.LOCAL (192.168.10.102) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.181.6; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:36:40 +0200 Message-ID: <54377059.10606@topic.nl> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:36:25 +0200 From: Mike Looijmans User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Otavio Salvador , Richard Purdie References: <54354CBD.6040506@topic.nl> <5436445C.5020503@topic.nl> <1412884615.871.24.camel@ted> In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: [192.168.80.45] X-EXCLAIMER-MD-CONFIG: 9833cda7-5b21-4d34-9a38-8d025ddc3664 X-EXCLAIMER-MD-BIFURCATION-INSTANCE: 0 Cc: OE-core Subject: Re: Request to move "gitpkgv.bbclass" from meta-oe to oe-core X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list 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, 10 Oct 2014 05:36:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BFOn 10/10/2014 12:15 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Richard Purdie > wrote: >> On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 10:16 +0200, Mike Looijmans wrote: >>> =EF=BB=BFIn partial reply to my own question, this has been discussed 2= years ago, but >>> apparently nothing ever came out of it. >>> >>> http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2012-February= /056050.html >>> >>> So once more the request to be able to get sane version strings for git= repos. >>> Can we please just move gitpkgv. That's like five minutes work, and if = anyone >>> (e.g. me) feels like building something better, he or she is free do su= bmit >>> that and get rid of the gitpkgv class once it's obsolete. >> >> I do feel quite strongly that this is something which should get >> improved in the fetcher itself. That is why I've pushed back on the >> patch since if I take it into OE-Core, there is even less incentive to >> fix the real problem... > > Mike I am also an user of gitpkgv but I must to agree with Richard > here. Moving this to OE-Core will just make it worse. It is way better > to prepare a patch and add support for it on the fetcher code of > BitBake. Give me some pointers on what you're talking about here, and I'll be happy = to=20 try and implement it. Currently I have no idea as to what is "wrong" with t= he=20 gitpkgv approach, and I also have no clue as to what it is you want to have= =20 implemented in the git fetcher. Kind regards, Mike. Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards, Mike Looijmans TOPIC Embedded Systems Eindhovenseweg 32-C, NL-5683 KH Best Postbus 440, NL-5680 AK Best Telefoon: (+31) (0) 499 33 69 79 Telefax: (+31) (0) 499 33 69 70 E-mail: mike.looijmans@topic.nl Website: www.topic.nl Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Topic zoekt gedreven (embedded) software specialisten! http://topic.nl/vacatures/topic-zoekt-software-engineers/