Re: [oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] parallel: Add recipe for GUN Parallel

["Zhang, Peng (Paul) (CN)" <peng.zhang1.cn@windriver.com>]

On 11/5/2024 7:07 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 05 2024, "peng.zhang1.cn via lists.openembedded.org" <peng.zhang1.cn=windriver.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
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>> From: Zhang Peng <peng.zhang1.cn@windriver.com>
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>> This recipe adds the parallel package, a shell tool for executing jobs
>> in parallel using one or more computers.
> I often use GNU parallel, and might find some use for it on an embedded
> target, so makes sense to me. However
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>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Peng <peng.zhang1.cn@windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   .../parallel/parallel_20150322.bb             | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644
>> meta-oe/recipes-extended/parallel/parallel_20150322.bb
> Why such an old version? It's not a dead project, there was a release
> just a few weeks ago. If it's because of some dependencies that the
> newer releases have grown and which are hard/impossible to satisfy in
> oe, that should be mentioned in the commit message.
The first version I used was 20150322, which was already quite 
user-friendly and straightforward to compile and deploy. Given that this 
is the initial version of OE, I prioritized getting it working first, 
with plans to upgrade as new features or requirements arise in future 
iterations.
> Rasmus