[OE-core] Patchwork & patch handling improvements

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Trevor,

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:19:35 Trevor Woerner wrote:
> On 11/26/15 16:00, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > I'm also
> > trying to ensure that the patch validation is generic enough so it can
> > live in OE-Core, and thus we can easily update and refine it over time in
> > line with the code itself as well as encourage submitters to use the
> > script on their own changes before sending.
> 
> This all sounds like an improvement and is therefore a step in the right
> direction :-)
> 
> A while back I had the idea of "porting" the kernel's "checkpatch.pl" to
> The Yocto Project (it was around the same time that I was trying to
> float the whole "Maintainers File" idea too, since I was also trying to
> re-purpose "get-maintainer.pl" as well). About one minute into that
> effort I realized the existing *.bb files were all over the place in
> terms of the order of statements and the order of the blocks of
> statements. At that time I found one recipe style guide from OE, and
> another one from The Yocto Project, each of which described a slightly
> different preference. So I asked on the mailing list and quickly
> discovered that both groups prefer a different style.
> 
> I'm not saying this job isn't worth doing, but I am pointing out there's
> the potential for feathers to be ruffled on both sides if someone tries
> to produce a definitive style guide for recipe files and then enforces
> it in an automated way. Since it is the OpenEmbedded Project's job to
> provide the recipes for The Yocto Project, I'm guessing this question
> needs to be decided by them? If that sounds reasonable, then maybe The
> Yocto Project needs to acquiesce to OE's decision?

I don't think there's that much of a division. I don't recall if it was you 
that raised it at the time but the issue of having two style guides did get 
rectified - I changed the one on the Yocto Project wiki to simply be a link to 
the OE style guide in June last year. It certainly didn't come about through a 
conscious decision to have a different style.

However there is a minor disagreement over indentation for shell functions 
between OE-Core and other layers - this persists because of the backporting 
pain a blanket replacement would potentially lead to. As I recall this did get 
discussed at the OE TSC level. I think that's one thing we could just not 
evaluate (or make an option) until such time as we resolve the difference - and 
I do mean to see it resolved at some point in the future.

> Instead of cross-posting, maybe this would be a good email for the new
> architecture list (CC'ed)?

Perhaps yes; I'm a bit concerned that list still doesn't have that many 
subscribers though (currently 28, two of which are the same person).

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre