Hello Trevor, On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Trevor Woerner <trevor.woer...@linaro.org> wrote: > Add the Linux kernel's "get_maintainer.pl" script so it is available for use > with OE/Yocto layers. This script departs from the Linux kernel's version in a > couple of minor ways: > > - here there is no "penguin_chief", just an "oe_chief" > - it is very hard to determine if the user is located at the top of a > valid OE/Yocto layer or not (i.e. some layers have 'conf/local.conf' > files, but sometimes (e.g. openembedded-core the top-level > directory is a placeholder and the "real" layers are below) > therefore don't try to make this determination; the only > requirement is that there be a ".git" directory > - not all layers (yet!) contain a "MAINTAINERS" file, therefore be > able to work without one > - add all the patch tags specified in > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/content/54-patch-formatting > - remove Linux kernel-specific wording/references > > Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <trevor.woer...@linaro.org>
I like to idea and I second this pull request, the only thing I would like to see added is the possibility of grabing the maintainers for boards from the machine .conf file. This is the way we're using at meta-fsl-arm and meta-fsl-arm-extra. What do you think? -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems http://www.ossystems.com.br http://code.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 (53) 9981-7854 Mobile: +1 (347) 903-9750 _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
