[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Allow svn tags and branches notation in $(PKG)_VERSION variable.

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Thu Sep 19 19:20:54 UTC 2013


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

Hi,

 Thomas> Hum, I am not sure. In the SVN world, a version is really a
 Thomas> revision number that you get with 'svn checkout -r'.

 Thomas> I believe to get a specific branch or tag with SVN, one should
 Thomas> instead use:

 Thomas> LIBFOO2_VERSION = <some revision number>
 Thomas> LIBFOO2_SITE = http://svn.happyserver.net/theproject/branches/featureA

 Thomas> I do understand the wish to make things 'like other VCS', but I am not
 Thomas> entirely convinced it's a good idea. But I can probably be convinced
 Thomas> with good arguments :)

Yes, I would also prefer to keep it as it is.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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