On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM Fathi Boudra <fathi.bou...@linaro.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 18:52, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:37 PM Fathi Boudra <fathi.bou...@linaro.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 18:19, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:16 PM Fathi Boudra <fathi.bou...@linaro.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 18:10, Bruce Ashfield > > > > > <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, no. I've already rejected similar patches in the > > > > > > past. > > > > > > > > > > > > The specific versioning is intentional and is going to stay. It > > > > > > tracks > > > > > > what is supported and tested in a given branch. > > > > > > > > > > > > If someone needs to deviate from what I'm marking as tested, they > > > > > > can > > > > > > carry a file in their layers. > > > > > > > > > > That's unfortunate. Let's all carry a workaround for this one-liner > > > > > that hasn't changed in 4 years. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what you are implying, but I am constantly changing the > > > > versioned linux-yocto .inc file to match the upstream file. > > > > > > > > Which is exactly the point of that file, not the contents within the > > > > file. > > > > > > Let's be clear, as you mentioned, you've rejected similar patches in the > > > past. > > > There's real users affected by this strict versioning and causing > > > unnecessary breakage. > > > > And let's be clear that I'm not going to trade off a few users > > carrying a small tweak to their local configs / layers if they > > want to support a different set of versions than I'm testing, > > with even a single user thinking that the support is extended > > to anything more than the versions in oe-core. It has to be > > enforced through the layer, not documentation or what people > > think they know. > > You have no clue about how many users are affected.
And you have no idea about what I do, or don't know. This conversation is over as it is no longer even remotely productive. Bruce > > > > Hence, I'm assuming that other users are or have been impacted and > > > carry a workaround. > > > Relaxing the versioned include doesn't change what you've been > > > testing, as it's pretty > > > clear it is whatever is supported by oe-core. It's unfortunate because the > > > linux-%.bbappend is relaxed. > > > > git contains all the history, it was a compromise from the start to > > allow other kernels of the same version, that don't happen to be > > linux-yocto to work. We went through quite a few iterations to get > > it to work, and I often do wish we had just kept the matching more > > strict. > > Sorry, I don't see any compromises in the git history. -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
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