On Sun, 2013-06-30 at 22:33 -0700, Michael Halstead wrote:
> I can change the name shortly. Is there any reason to keep a read-only
> copy available at the current location temporarily?

Not really. Unless Bruce is using it in some automated scripts that need
to be updated.

--
Darren

> 
> Michael Halstead
> Yocto Project / Sys Admin
> 
> On 06/30/2013 10:19 PM, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
> > Hi, 
> >
> > I updated the dev-manual section that tells the user what is in this repo 
> > and shows an example of cloning it.  Nothing changes except for the name, 
> > which I switched to 'meta-yocto-kernel-extras'.  To me, it appears that the 
> > contents of the repo still contain the kernel BitBake append files that you 
> > edit to point to your locally modified kernel source files as described in 
> > the text.  Within the entire YP documentation set, this little area is the 
> > only reference to the old 'poky-extras' repo.  Here is the link to see the 
> > changes - 
> > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.5/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#meta-yocto-kernel-extras-repo.
> >  
> >
> > I am assuming that the name of the repo will indeed be changed to 
> > 'meta-yocto-kernel-extras'.  If I don't hear from anyone, I will assume 
> > everything is good.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Hart, Darren
> >> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 10:08 PM
> >> To: Richard Purdie
> >> Cc: Bruce Ashfield; Rifenbark, Scott M; yocto; Michael Halstead
> >> Subject: Re: poky-extras
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 14:56 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 09:40 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> >>>> On 13-06-28 09:22 AM, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
> >>>>> All I need is the name to make some initial changes.
> >>>> Personally, I'm fine with 'meta-yocto-kernel'. Naming things is
> >>>> never easy, so I won't agonize over whether or not an "extras"
> >>>> should be on the end. But the name should be clear that it isn't
> >>>> the main yocto kernel, it's just a few crappy bbappends that make
> >>>> working with it locally easier for some :)
> >>>>
> >>>> So my only counter proposal is: meta-yocto-kernel-extras
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm going to de-crapify the bbappends so they are more useful, and
> >>>> have started on that work, but haven't finished it yet.
> >>> No strong feelings here. I just wiped out meta-linaro from there
> >> (hoping
> >>> Darren won't mind) and that checksums.ini file.
> >> That's fine, I was just thinking about that last week when I saw Linaro
> >> has a meta-linaro. That's where it belongs, so buh-bye. :-)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Darren Hart
> >> Intel Open Source Technology Center
> >> Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel
> 
> 

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel

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