[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 5/7] boot/beaglev-ddrinit: new package

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 1:29 PM Drew Fustini <drew at beagleboard.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 4:04 AM Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
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> > On 09/05/2021 13:03, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
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> > > On 08/05/2021 00:04, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > >> On 2021-05-04 22:51 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> > >>> This commit adds a package for the DDR initialization code used on the
> > >>> BeagleV platform.
> > >>
> > >> The upstream package name is beaglev-ddrlnit, yes, with an 'l' instead
> > >> of an 'i'. I've renamed the package to match upstream name, so that
> > >> users that look for it can actually find it.
> > >
> > >  What's done is done of course, but in this case, I think we should have stuck
> > > to ddrinit with an eye. That name makes much more sense, and in fact when people
> > > search for it (with / in menuconfig) they're IMHO much more likely to search for
> > > it with an eye than with an el. The el you'd probably only use when you copy and
> > > paste the name from github, but who does that?
> > >
> > >
> > >  @Drew/Bing, on github, when you rename a repository, the old name will still
> > > redirect to the new one (at least until you create a new repo with that name).
> > > So I'd go ahead and to the rename to ddrinit, it should break anything.
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> >  I forgot the reference:
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> > https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/renaming-a-repository
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> Thank you.  I knew that the redirect worked on the website, but this
> clarifies that it also works for git clone as well.  Therefore, it
> seems like I should ask starfive to fix the typo as the old repo url
> with the typo will still work.

yes renaming in github repos should be painless w.r.t. redirects IIRC

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> -Drew