On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 3:41 AM Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 Taking man-pages from archive means we are always shipping an out of date 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.
think about building a release after many years, if we do not have to update SRC_URI to point to archive then its one less things to do given that the same copies are in archive for current releases too its just better for long term. > > Alex -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
