[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] infra: introduce github helper function

Maxime Hadjinlian maxime.hadjinlian at gmail.com
Wed Nov 13 12:49:38 UTC 2013


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> On 13/11/13 13:37, Maxime Hadjinlian wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Thanks you Mischa for creating this patch.
>>
>> How about a dedicated URI scheme like
>> github://<username>/<package>/<version> instead of a call to a macro ?
>> I find it easier to remember, less error prone and maybe more user
>> friendly.
>
>
>  Easier to remember: maybe.
>
>  Less error prone: how so? Admittedly, with the call you won't get an error
> if you forget the third argument, but you will get an error if you forget
> e.g. the $(call ...) part.
>
>  However, the killer argument is: the implementation of this helper function
> is quite trivial, while the implementation of a github URL parser would be a
> lot more complicated.
You're right.
I don't how I managed that, but I totally missed the answer to my own
thread.
After reading the missed thread, I fully agree with what was said and
your arguments right here is, a trully a killer one.
No need to had clutter when it's not really needed.
>
>  Bottom line: I like it the way it is.
>
>  That said, feel free to post an alternative patch :-)
>
>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
> [snip]
>
>
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