On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 21:09, Khem Raj <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 6:33 AM Alexander Kanavin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The homepage: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/download.html > > specifies that the latest tarballs are published one level up > > from where we currently take them. > > > > archive is a better location for what it's worth. Since long after a > release, the tarball may disappear from > level up but chances of it being in archive are higher. So Let's not > change this URI, unless there is another > reason that I missed. >
I have to disagree actually! The reasons are: 1. Taking man-pages from archive means we are always shipping an out of date version, particularly if a tarball is archived months or years later than it was released. 2. Specifically here, the main folder has all man-page releases going back 1.5 years, which is longer than yocto release's support window. Meanwhile, the archive is missing several latest releases. 3. Even if a yocto release ships a version of man-pages that is then archived and removed from main folder, it is trivial and safe to backport an update from master. man-pages tarballs contain pre-built documentation and don't threaten release stability. If this becomes a real problem, we can also write to Michael Kerrisk and ask that he doesn't move tarballs around. Alex
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