[Buildroot] Buildroot 2016.08-rc1 released
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sat Aug 6 10:22:18 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> Hello,
> On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 11:52:20 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> Buildroot 2016.08-rc1 is released - Go download it at:
> Thanks for doing this release!
>> - Hash files for integritry validation have been added for all
>> packages.
> Are you sure? According to http://autobuild.buildroot.net/stats/, there
> are still 90 packages without hashes. Moreover, the hashes are
> currently not checked for packages not sourced from http/ftp.
A quick check of package/ seemed to show that the only ones missing were
people with custom _SITE_METHOD, but I didn't check the other dirs.
So for the packages where we currently can check hashes, we are now
doing it. I might clarify the description for the final release mail.
> Another very important thing which I believe should be mentioned in the
> final release e-mail is the fact that the dependencies of host packages
> are no longer derived from the dependencies of the corresponding target
> package. This might very well cause issues for users having their own
> packages.
True, I will add that.
> Last but not least, could you announce the Buildroot Developers meeting
> in the final release e-mail?
Sure, I normally only add that to the final release mail.
> Thanks a lot!
You're welcome, and thanks for handling a bunch of patches while I was
slacking on holidays :P
--
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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