[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-25 Thread Eric Nelson
While attempting to build for i.MX6, the FTP transfer of U-Boot v2013.07 failed. I'm not certain whether ftp access to tarballs has been promised by Denx, but it seems more reasonable to use the git:// protocol which is in wide use within the U-Boot community. Downloads for the uboot-envtools and

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-25 Thread Luka Perkov
Hi Eric, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 03:43:00PM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote: > While attempting to build for i.MX6, the FTP transfer of > U-Boot v2013.07 failed. > > I'm not certain whether ftp access to tarballs has been > promised by Denx, but it seems more reasonable to use > the git:// protocol whic

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-25 Thread Eric Nelson
Hi Luka, On 09/25/2013 04:55 PM, Luka Perkov wrote: Hi Eric, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 03:43:00PM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote: While attempting to build for i.MX6, the FTP transfer of U-Boot v2013.07 failed. I'm not certain whether ftp access to tarballs has been promised by Denx, but it seems mor

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-26 Thread Luka Perkov
Hi Eric, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 05:33:28PM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote: > I wasn't suggesting anything different, and the patch includes the > same tag (v2013.07). > > Decisions about when to update are completely separate from the > protcol, right? Yes they are. But if ftp or http works fine I pr

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-26 Thread Eric Nelson
Thanks Luka, On 09/26/2013 02:05 AM, Luka Perkov wrote: Hi Eric, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 05:33:28PM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote: I wasn't suggesting anything different, and the patch includes the same tag (v2013.07). Decisions about when to update are completely separate from the protcol, right?

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] U-Boot: Use git instead of FTP, consolidate download

2013-09-26 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
On 2013-09-26 05:05, Luka Perkov wrote: But if ftp or http works fine I prefer to have that over git for packaging. Also, by using git we would always have here a red color and not preferable green: https://home.comcast.net/~sdwalker/uscan/index.html Yes, it's all about collors ;) Speaking