[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] WIP: Changes to patman libraries

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ3us4yoeqOHxozQ6VPHXhaKJdLWfb0HPWHWvnnUaZ0Ghg@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >> These changes are required to the patman libraries. This is not a proper
> >> patch yet, just sometime to try out.
> >
> > ...are required.  So.  And why exactly?  Or what is the purpose of
> > these changes?
> 
> Just so that people can try the builder if they want to. The patches
> enhance functions in patman, mostly on the git side, so that the
> builder can do its job. For example it needs to clone a repo, checkout
> code into a different directory and work with branches a bit more.
> 
> This is not a useful patch for any other purpose (e.g. review) - it is
> just a lump of code. If there is interest in this it will need to be
> turned into proper patches.

Hm...  I apologize, but I'm just an old man, and a bit slow of wits
these days.  I cannot review any such code without knowing what it is
suppose to acchieve.  Maybe you should add such explanations to the
commit message, even if it's only a WIP patch?  I would definitely
appreciate this (as it would help me to understand what this is all
about).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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