RE: [bitbake-devel] [oe-core][PATCH 1/2] devtools: Initial recipe for repo 2.17.3

[Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

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> devel@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Jasper Orschulko
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> Subject: Re: [bitbake-devel] [oe-core][PATCH 1/2] devtools: Initial recipe
> for repo 2.17.3
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> Hi Richard,
> 
> I think our implementation of the repo fetcher checks the (what I
> believe to be) most relevant parts of your checklist (thanks for the
> write-up). Martin, please corrent me if I'm missing something:
> 
> > a) network access for sources is only expected to happen in the
> > do_fetch step.
> > This is not enforced or tested but is required so that we can:
> >
> >  i) audit the sources used (i.e. for license/manifest reasons)
> >  ii) support offline builds with a suitable cache
> >  iii) allow work to continue even with downtime upstream
> >  iv) allow for changes upstream in incompatible ways
> >  v) allow rebuilding of the software in X years time
> 
> check
> 
> > b) network access is not expected in do_unpack
> 
> check

How do you avoid the repo wrapper fetching the repo source itself 
and instead fetch it using the bitbake fetcher? I have seen nothing 
to that extent in the patches so far.

//Peter