On Fri, 2021-10-29 at 15:45 +0200, Konrad Weihmann wrote: > > On 29.10.21 15:09, Richard Purdie wrote: > > We've had concerns about the default behaviours of tools like git and how > > they'll handle the default branch names going forward. There are also > > concerns > > about what providers like github may do, and the potential impact on our > > tools > > like recipetool. > > > > A bug was filed about some of this: > > > > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14185 > > > > I am frustrated not much has moved forward with some of the inclusive > > language > > work and this bug is languishing too. > > > > We do aim to be explicit with our SRC_URI entries so having the branch > > specified > > would seem to be the overall best thing to do here. I have done what was > > suggested in the bug and sent out patches to add a warning to the fetcher > > and > > updated the urls in OE-Core to include the branch name. > > > > The harder part of these changes is discussing and explaining them and > > putting > > transition plans in place. I am trying to do that here (and I will also > > mention > > in the next tech call and in the weekly status report). > > > > In the patch I've proposed there is a script, similar to the overrides > > conversion one which converts metadata to add the branch name explicitly. > > It is > > far from perfect but should probably help in the majority of cases. > > > > If there aren't objections I'll likely merge the core change. The warning > > change > > will follow in a week or two once at least the layers being tested on the > > autobuilder have updated. I'm worried a ton of warnings suddenly showing up > > would mask out other real issues. > > Although the situation is a bit unfortunate I like the proposal and the > script will likely make the transition less painful. > Are you planning to turn the warning into an error at some point?
Yes, exact timing to be determined but hopefully sooner than later (before April release). Cheers, Richard
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