Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/14] Build file updates

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

19/04/2021 15:09, Bruce Richardson:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 02:20:47AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 16/04/2021 19:04, Bruce Richardson:
> > > RFC -> V1: * rebased to current main branch * performed cleanup on many
> > > meson.build files to ensure correct formatting of lists: * split lists
> > > with >3 or >4 entries to be one per line * first entry on own line *
> > > last entry on own line with "," * closing braces dedented to original
> > > indent level * alphabetical ordering Files in "lib" folder should be
> > > mostly ok now - files in the drivers directory have not been done to
> > > the same level, as there are so many of them to work on.  * other
> > > general whitespace changes, including merging lines where possible,
> > > since indent levels are reduced
> > 
> > There were 2 more suggestions in the RFC: - ignore-rev file to avoid
> > polluting git blame
> 
> From what I gather from reading the docs, an ignore-rev file can only be
> created after the patches are applied and we have the correct commit-ids to
> ignore. Therefore, I'm not sure what value there is in including one in
> this set since it would have to be completely rewritten on apply.

OK I don't know how it works.
> 
> > - devtools script to convert patches for backport
> 
> Such a script would be to convert the "lib/librte_X" paths to "lib/X" in
> the patch files, correct? I can see about working on this for the next
> revision.

Yes, thanks.