From patchwork Fri Nov 3 11:32:39 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 33550 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 27FB0C4332F for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2023 11:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (relay4-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.196]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.48767.1699011163263520637 for ; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:32:43 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=hpl7RDkk; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.196, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 415BFE0005; Fri, 3 Nov 2023 11:32:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1699011161; 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; bh=+sualf4AgIVI/+Kj9XZU15+hNnmLSPyjXAK3M59EKJM=; b=hpl7RDkkJj7dBbTN8A51vchgEoDDjNSv/1Ay4oJqUIIXIcf5OrktbQ2sBleFk0bl8lYE93 /01GbNVzbCQcPONnzV2Wrs64psns5I4Zbg88uBNMD7wcHabuXOUL4xnx20aYHKXbRtFh3U bKt4L7HyjKkUsL/8+cSd9JoM9BMPVRZ6LM7VAi6VG80RRst40s2RYoEwxZ76aViVcplZ5t UdtKleJUxl1yUnC8recDsDMvCZ4K2UM6A/cx2W9m9QRwgFzSzkcsLx/yZnDPlQ1m8H8ubo mjL4qqDRBVhER+xNvyMSr5LHb+dYSOhK4wEHshFchI4SMSkd7ISAvYUz/Z65UQ== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: variables: add RECIPE_MAINTAINER Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 12:32:39 +0100 Message-Id: <20231103113239.2014768-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 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 ; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:32:45 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4580 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 52e3e59588..38c63d6179 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -6989,6 +6989,22 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution:dependencies`" sections in the 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