[Buildroot] Different site methods for the main package and patches

[Peter Korsgaard]

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

Hi,

 > Generally speaking, I'm a bit unhappy about how things work on the
 > download front:

 >  *) I don't really understand why we have a separation between _SITE
 >     and _SOURCE, and why our infra assumes that _PATCH is relative to
 >     _SITE. Why don't we simply make _SOURCE and _PATCH full URLs
 >     instead? This way _PATCH can list multiple patches coming from
 >     different locations, not necessarily the upstream location of the
 >     package.

Some of it is historical, but it also makes it easier to support
the primary/backup site features.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard