[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] python-colorama: new package
DATACOM - Farina
farina at datacom.ind.br
Tue Aug 4 13:31:50 UTC 2015
Hi Thomas,
On 04-08-2015 05:55, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Augusto,
>
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:36:59 -0300, Augusto Farina wrote:
>> Colorama is a simple cross-platform colored terminal text in Python.
>>
>> Tested on a PowerPC e500v2 board. Host build support is also added in
>> the package makefile, as python-jinja2, because we have third-party
>> software that requires it (e.g. ARM mbed build-system).
>
> As usual, I'm a little bit reluctant to add host packages that are not
> used by any other package in Buildroot, because it means they are never
> tested.
>
I've heard this :)
> Do you intend to submit some packages that will use
> host-python-colorama?
>
At this specific moment, no. But we are analyzing the ARM mbed package,
which are widely used libraries and tools for ARM microcontrollers, and
makes use of host-python-colorama on its build-system.
> Also, not your fault, but I must say it's a bit odd for a build-system
> to have a mandatory dependency on something that allows to colorize the
> terminal output :)
>
I agree with you. But we are trying not to keep recipes of open-source
packages in our repository, and I just thought this might be useful to
someone else.
Cheers,
--
Augusto Farina
DATACOM / R&D - Access
www.datacom.ind.br
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