[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH V3 2/2] script/feeds: add a new command that allows generating a new feeds.conf

[Karl Palsson]

John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
> 
> On 05/06/2019 12:17, Karl Palsson wrote:
> > John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
> >> This can be used inside build setups for easy feeds.conf
> >> generation.
> >
> > Could you give us an example of how this is actually easy, or
> > what sort of functionality this is providing beyond "cat
> > feeds.conf.default feeds.conf.extra > feeds.conf"
> >
> > It seems like a lot of perl for a narrow usecase.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Karl Palsson
> 
> This was brought up as a missing feature by the prpl folks. I
> considered on how to best implement this and find that having
> proper tooling is much better than having to carry around an
> extra file that is cat. being able to build the feeds.conf
> dynamically like this just seems much cleaner to me and will
> allow downstream users, vendors, odms and integrators to have
> less need to patch their trees to death.

So, they still have to have a script, but now the script has...


...
./scripts/feeds setup -b src-git,private-aa,git://blah
src-link,private-bb,/wop/blah
...

instead of
...
cp feeds.conf.default feeds.conf
echo "src-git private-aa git://blah" >> feeds.conf
echo "src-link private-bb /wop/blah" >> feeds.conf
...

I mean, _yes_ it's "simpler" but it's only simpler by bringing in
new tools with new layers of abstraction. I really question
whether that's actually simpler for anyone in the long run, and
also how this really counts as a "missing feature" There's still
going to be a requirement for that vendor script.

Sincerely,
Karl Palsson

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