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author | Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> | 2023-11-03 12:31:08 +0100 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2023-11-06 22:52:27 +0000 |
commit | f89f69bc04c265712f68bfde4b1f0a9cac6d46e7 (patch) | |
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parent | e87f2f8e07e1429b47c557262b01b8fd647f05d2 (diff) | |
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ref-manual: variables: add RECIPE_MAINTAINER
(From yocto-docs rev: 30e41530402a4f9c37f77e89bae7469b68aad901)
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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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. | |||
6989 | ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution:dependencies`" sections in the | 6989 | ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution:dependencies`" sections in the |
6990 | BitBake User Manual for additional information on tasks and dependencies. | 6990 | BitBake User Manual for additional information on tasks and dependencies. |
6991 | 6991 | ||
6992 | :term:`RECIPE_MAINTAINER` | ||
6993 | This variable defines the name and e-mail address of the maintainer of a | ||
6994 | recipe. Such information can be used by human users submitted changes, | ||
6995 | and by automated tools to send notifications, for example about | ||
6996 | vulnerabilities or source updates. | ||
6997 | |||
6998 | The variable can be defined in a global distribution :oe_git:`maintainers.inc | ||
6999 | </openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc>` file:: | ||
7000 | |||
7001 | meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc:RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-sysvinit = "Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>" | ||
7002 | |||
7003 | It can also be directly defined in a recipe, | ||
7004 | for example in the ``libgpiod`` one:: | ||
7005 | |||
7006 | RECIPE_MAINTAINER = "Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>" | ||
7007 | |||
6992 | :term:`RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON` | 7008 | :term:`RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON` |
6993 | If a recipe should not be replaced by a more recent upstream version, | 7009 | If a recipe should not be replaced by a more recent upstream version, |
6994 | putting the reason why in this variable in a recipe allows | 7010 | putting the reason why in this variable in a recipe allows |