[oe] [meta-networking] Update to standalone tree

[Khem Raj]

On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Joe MacDonald <Joe.MacDonald at windriver.com> wrote:

> 
>   If you are only using meta-networking from meta-openembedded, you
>   need read no further.  This is only for people using my side-project
>   on github.  Absolutely nothing has changed in the official
>   meta-networking.
> 
> 
> 
> For anyone using the standalone meta-networking subtree I maintain on
> github,


whats the advantage of doing so ?
you could still checkout the repository and just use meta-networking layer
how is above different. 

We should be careful since in layer universe, this can easily escalate confusion


> please be aware that I've made a change to the way I create the
> subtree which, unfortunately, will result in a forced update for all of
> your branches.  And probably a merge on whatever branch you happen to be
> on already (eg. master).  If you get into that scenario, I suggest
> pushing your current branch with the merge in it off a cliff and
> re-creating the current branch tracking the up-stream.  If you're not in
> the habit of doing a git-pull, though, this will probably be cleaner:
> 
>   % git fetch --all --tags ; git rebase origin/<up-stream-branch-name
> 
> The reason for this (and the advantage) has been in response to requests
> I've had to preserve the original (that is, meta-oe) commit hash so it
> is easy to connect a commit in the standalone meta-networking with the
> official meta-networking I maintain as a part of the larger meta-oe.
> The change is small and hopefully self-explanatory, but I won't let that stop
> me.
> 
> Before:
> 
> commit a0f9363caddbfb92212b4bf5d4a2590c451b7cef
> Author: Roy.Li <rongqing.li at windriver.com>
> Date:   Fri Jul 19 10:19:25 2013 +0800
> 
>    Upgrade vsftpd to 3.0.0
> 
>    Upgrade vsftpd to 3.0.0 with below modification:
>    1. more strict access limitation, like: do not allow anonymous access
>    2. use vsftpd.ftpusers and vsftpd.user_list to confine user access
>    3. enable pam if DISTRO_FEATURE includes pam
>    4. enable tcp-wrapper
>    5. install vsftpd.conf with 0600 permission, not 0755
> 
>    Signed-off-by: Roy.Li <rongqing.li at windriver.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Joe MacDonald <joe.macdonald at windriver.com>
> 
> After:
> 
> commit b188e402a04db35424e22cb2b2100b7070648948
> Author: Roy.Li <rongqing.li at windriver.com>
> Date:   Fri Jul 19 10:19:25 2013 +0800
> 
>    Upgrade vsftpd to 3.0.0
> 
>      (original commit: 441502b68d03a4ce7796436a53c5e95399724ad2)
> 
>    Upgrade vsftpd to 3.0.0 with below modification:
>    1. more strict access limitation, like: do not allow anonymous access
>    2. use vsftpd.ftpusers and vsftpd.user_list to confine user access
>    3. enable pam if DISTRO_FEATURE includes pam
>    4. enable tcp-wrapper
>    5. install vsftpd.conf with 0600 permission, not 0755
> 
>    Signed-off-by: Roy.Li <rongqing.li at windriver.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Joe MacDonald <joe.macdonald at windriver.com>
> 
> Where 441502b6... is the commit in meta-oe from Roy that happens to
> upgrade vsftpd.
> 
> FWIW, I don't anticipate doing anything destructive like this again.
> 
> -- 
> -Joe MacDonald.
> :wq
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