[Buildroot] [PATCH 7/8] core/show-info: report the ordered list of build steps

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 09:41:47 -0400
Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop at gmail.com> wrote:

> Replying for patch 6/8 and this one.
> 
> Is the `show-info` target considered a public API?

Somewhat yes: the goal of show-info is that people can craft their own
tooling on top of it. Breaking the show-info output would break such
tools.

> If so, without a
> version, it means it can never break. So let me suggest another layout
> which breaks `show-info` (name it `show-info-2` if you will).
> 
> Output example (using YAML only for clarity here):

[...]

This could certainly work, and reduces a bit the duplication of
information.

However, I still don't understand why your tool is not capable of
having this knowledge about the stamp files. This is something that
rarely changes. I think we haven't changed the stamp files since... 5
years? More? If your tool is in the Buildroot tree itself, it can
simply be updated if there is ever a change in the sequencing of steps.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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