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

[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.

> - 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.