From patchwork Tue Nov 14 16:49:38 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 34472 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28EE2C4332F for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.195]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.17634.1699980594491195085 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:49:54 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=WeeSGYyR; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.195, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E30D16000B; Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:49:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1699980592; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=14H1OSrJDVvnzygTwYBD4epAB0ag5onVr54TwhqC99M=; b=WeeSGYyRF3Bwg0cg/dqLDcdHayZsTqeR60psb+q35LBlhh6oxdA5s5vpD6bvB/MJCmcYPa ppDGb2eFrECzuJMeii6ZN4Ly8KdD2FqIliBVMxNVW4sQ78bQmfHb9r4a9DoyOu+/JycRFN MC28tHpBqmNjBUE+4rPnui4np8pg/ZHuquBtXPJPf8oA0fIHGDO2PRUb4DjyBygde/d8+f Z+6DpdCwSyh0Lb3Jh8tVtKdJhPXgalxcWNgYP/rf6TkODQ6v8y+hURX4Hg9Klymp+WLTcC hAJ9BwDCr/6W4iRRmo3Dgs6zNLqrBVWSEWoqYg4KFcmjEf01IjzoquU8ySU9KA== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker Subject: [kirkstone][PATCH 3/7] ref-manual: variables: add RECIPE_MAINTAINER Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:49:38 +0100 Message-Id: <20231114164942.133472-4-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20231114164942.133472-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> References: <20231114164942.133472-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:50:03 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4623 From: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 5a34ea7856..a75581f2fd 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -6463,6 +6463,22 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. BitBake User Manual for additional information on tasks and dependencies. + :term:`RECIPE_MAINTAINER` + This variable defines the name and e-mail address of the maintainer of a + recipe. Such information can be used by human users submitted changes, + and by automated tools to send notifications, for example about + vulnerabilities or source updates. + + The variable can be defined in a global distribution :oe_git:`maintainers.inc + ` file:: + + meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc:RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-sysvinit = "Ross Burton " + + It can also be directly defined in a recipe, + for example in the ``libgpiod`` one:: + + RECIPE_MAINTAINER = "Bartosz Golaszewski " + :term:`RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON` If a recipe should not be replaced by a more recent upstream version, putting the reason why in this variable in a recipe allows