From patchwork Thu Jun 11 21:57:37 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 89894 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 CF2A6CD98C7 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.57917.1781215062928555198 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:57:43 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=THMOO5xd; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=5piI/ydTKpxYJ94Yu7c2nKkkfrFR0CcrWO2E2o3yBvM=; b=THMOO5xdvVlqwGvo/959sFis9b JtvX6TG8iqroqNohke6VGTx580Cb+b3w5dkY0Cj724Ra//v69ZUZfVAbhJnqUrnzZY1UclW+s6bfx 1vKIoS2wKAVqEuBqtv9pf9tN1KY2Og6WTltOqyma71KwYT3NSpvsrCbbd8Q/6Td2k4wzxmN9xipzX 9kZ0aobwQYd2vYIF3DMAxf2ICZmpMIXC7XbgRA6KlMiUEj5P7xSUaNnZT1yfX3nRKqxV6dkG01idR mEP+rTJ1yMi+IYx524opDYBq9i6OGYAdYJUQeh6QX17miiblDzDb0HzF3JYUCVGqibtF+n0gnLgzL YHli+BvA==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:57452 helo=trixie) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wXnPA-0000000CftF-0m0d for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:57:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:57:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: Emphasize that use of Subversion is uncommon Message-ID: <4e4b3cbb-27ed-e6b9-7369-2f190cf3969f@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:57:46 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9700 At the moment, there does not appear to be a single use of Subversion in numerous OE layers, so mention that it is effectively deprecated as an SCM even though it is still supported. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst index 3ca9079b3..c22456aef 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst @@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ This only works for SCMs from which it is possible to get a sensible revision number for changes. Currently, you can do this with Apache Subversion (SVN) and Git. +.. note:: + + While OpenEmbedded still actively maintains a Subversion package and + its underlying ``svn`` fetcher in Bitbake and you can still use + Subversion for custom recipes, its use is no longer common in + standard layers. + To enable this behavior, the :term:`PV` of the recipe needs to include a ``+`` sign in its assignment. Here is an example::