Docs for "own-mirror": http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.3/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#setting-up-effective-mirrors On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:19 AM Tim Orling <[email protected]> wrote:
> You could also diff with the GitHub repo: > > https://github.com/rxtx/rxtx > > And possibly change the recipe to use git instead of tarball. > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:10 AM Romain Bazile <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I will do that too then! >> >> But I also wated to help others get an easier access to the >> rxtx-2.2pre2.zip file! >> >> Thanks guys! >> >> Romain Bazile >> >> Le 22/05/2017 à 16:56, Gary Thomas a écrit : >> > On 2017-05-22 16:34, Romain Bazile wrote: >> >> Yeah, it just keeps on going online and offline every few weeks, >> >> that's why I was asking about the source mirrors. >> >> We have been stuck for a week while the website was down. >> >> >> >> That seems to me like a viable alternative to use the mirrors, in >> >> case it goes down again. >> > >> > You could also set up your own local mirror which can also speed >> > builds considerably. >> > Just look at the documentation for 'own-mirrors' >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Do you know where can I put the request to add this file to the >> mirrors? >> >> >> >> Romain Bazile >> >> >> >> Le 22/05/2017 à 16:29, Tim Orling a écrit : >> >>> I just tried and upstream was available. Maybe it was just down for >> >>> maintenance? >> >>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:23 AM Romain Bazile >> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> The source package is about 1.5MB big, so that's not really heavy. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> But I perfectly understand the rationale behind it, which was my >> >>> fear. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> I didn't know about the source mirror. This would make perfect >> >>> sense, >> >>> since this is the exact thing we in fact are looking for (having >> >>> the >> >>> sources in the layer is only a fix). >> >>> >> >>> How does that work to get the source mirrored here? >> >>> >> >>> I supposed there would need to be some changes to the recipe too? >> >>> >> >>> Romain Bazile >> >>> >> >>> Le 20/05/2017 à 17:21, Trevor Woerner a écrit : >> >>> > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Romain Bazile >> >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> Due to the chronic instability of this website, would it make >> >>> sense to >> >>> >> include the source file directly into the meta-java layer as a >> >>> zip file? >> >>> > My guess is the project would not be happy about a large zip >> >>> file in a >> >>> > git repository. If a patch becomes too big, or if a recipe >> >>> needs too >> >>> > many patches, the general consensus is to create a repository >> >>> with the >> >>> > patches and keep the metadata small. On the other hand, >> >>> exceptions >> >>> > abound. >> >>> > >> >>> >> I don't know about best practices surrounding this, I kindly >> >>> apologize if >> >>> >> it's strictly forbidden! Otherwise, I'm happy to submit a PR >> >>> including the >> >>> >> file and the necessary changes to the recipes (in concerned >> >>> branches). >> >>> > The yoctoproject maintains a source mirror, the best bet is to >> >>> ask >> >>> > that the sources be mirrored there. The recipe will probably be >> >>> > expected to stay as-is, and the yocto backup used if/when the >> >>> primary >> >>> > is down. >> > >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Openembedded-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel >> > -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
