[Buildroot] [PATCHv2][RESEND] python-protobuf: Add support for Python implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers

[Thiago A. Corrêa]

Hi,


     Somehow I missed your replies. I will resubmit with the changes
suggested. Thanks.


Kind Regards,
      Thiago A. Correa

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> On 09/20/12 22:34, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>>>
>>> >  +PYTHON_PROTOBUF_VERSION = $(PROTOBUF_VERSION)
>>> >  +PYTHON_PROTOBUF_SOURCE  = $(PROTOBUF_SOURCE)
>>> >  +PYTHON_PROTOBUF_SITE    = $(PROTOBUF_SITE)
>>
>> So the source tarball is the same? So what you're doing here in fact is
>> having two separate Buildroot packages for the same source tarball,
>> something that we generally don't do. But in this case, it seems like
>> logical to do it this way.
>>
>> What do others think about this strategy?
>>
>
>  It's a good start, but I still think we need more generic infrastructure
> for this use case.  For instance, this will fail if protobuf moves to a
> hg version, because then PROTOBUF_SOURCE is empty.
>
>  For the time being, it's OK, however.
>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
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