On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:26:09AM +0000, MikeW wrote: > > > Builds should be able to retrieve common files from a common > > > repository - though I imagine PTXdist is configurable/hackable enough > > > to allow that somehow :( > > > > I don't understand what you mean with "common files"? The Linux kernel > > is a common file. > > I meant "build-specific files in common to a project team", e.g patch files. > > Perhaps I could write a mod to scripts/apply_patch_series.sh to access > missing patch files mentioned in the series file from the "/opt" > repository - or do an http-get if appropriate.
No, please don't. There is no such thing like long term valid URLs for patches, so please keep patches local to the project. > If there was a hierarchy to the files mentioned in the series file: > 1. Check patches directory itself; if not found there ... > 2. Check source repository (us. "/opt/..."); if not found there ... > 3. Check (and download from) http repository, e.g kernel.org We had something like that in the past and got rid of it. Please don't let us introduce something like that again, it doesn't make sense. Robert -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9 -- ptxdist mailing list [email protected]
