On 06/30/2013 10:44 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> 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
The name has been changed. Shall we update the description or is
"Supplementary metadata layers to extend the Poky core
<https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-yocto-kernel-extras/>"
still appropriate?

Thanks,

Michael Halstead
Yocto Project / Sys Admin


>> 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
>>

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