[Buildroot] [PATCH] pkg-download: make package name optional in github helper

[Ismael Luceno]

On 05/Oct/2017 19:50, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 05-10-17 12:13, Ismael Luceno wrote:
<...>
> > It's "magic" anyway. It would perhaps make sense to implement this kind
> > of rules via rewriting AXEL_SITE, it could be something descriptive like:
> > 
> > 	AXEL_SITE = @ github user:axel-download-accelerator repo:libtls
> > 
> > Here's a mockup: http://tmp.iodev.co.uk/rtest.mk
> 
> Here also I don't think the added complexity in the implementation is
> worth it.  It is indeed a bit more explicit, but now you have to
> remember that the arguments are called user: and repo:. For me,
> $(call github,axel-download-accelerator,libtls) is an easy-to-remember
> way to refer to https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/libtls.

Well, it's an interesting exercise anyway; I've simplified it a little
bit (same URL), I think this could be useful for other purposes.

It's perhaps not so obvious where to look for to see how it works, but
documentation fixes that.