[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi][PATCH] firmware.inc: Fetch a zip instead of cloning a git repo

[Clemens Lang]

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 09:31:14AM +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
> Github also can and will regenerate these tarballs whenever it feels
> like it, so you'll need to periodically update the checksums.
> Obviously as existing developers will tend to have the tarballs cached
> locally, it can be a while before this failure is reported back.

While that does happen from time to time it's pretty rare. I see maybe
one case of this every couple of months in MacPorts. Additionally, after
a while the checksums generally change back again in almost all cases.

So, yes, this brings its own set of problems, but is still a worthwhile
improvement over the current situation IMO.


Best regards,
Clemens
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