[Bug 2072490] Re: [needs-packaging] U-Boot for Microchip PIC64GX

[Steve Langasek]

u-boot-pic64gx_2024.06

well, somewhat unfortunate wrt license review that this doesn't align
with any of the u-boot upstream tags; I guess I'll compare with
2024.04...

The u-boot source package has in debian/copyright:

Files-Excluded:
  drivers/dma/MCD_tasks.c

u-boot-pic64gx does not.  Do you know why this was excluded in the
Debian u-boot package, and why it would be ok to ship it in the pic64gx
build?  If not, I recommend that you follow the u-boot source package's
lead to avoid any doubts.

There's also an 8kloc diff between the debian/copyright in u-boot
2024.01+dfsg-1ubuntu5 and the one in u-boot-pic64gx 20240624-0ubuntu1.
That is a rather significant barrier to using u-boot as a base for
review of correct licensing / copyright declaration of the new package.
Can you explain this difference?

Also, speaking of '20240624-0ubuntu1' - note that this is not consistent
with the versioning scheme used by the u-boot source package; 20240624
sorts >> the YYYY.MM style version numbers.  This will make it difficult
to later build the u-boot-pic64gx binary out of the u-boot source
package due to inconsistent version numbers.  I suggest you avoid this
now by packaging this instead as 2024.06.24-0ubuntu1.

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] U-Boot for Microchip PIC64GX

Status in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  We want to support the upcoming Microchip PIC64GX board. Unfortunately
  upstreaming of U-Boot has not started yet. Due to the number of
  differences between our U-Boot 2024.01 and the vendor U-Boot it is not
  trivial to add board support to our existing U-Boot. The best interim
  solution is packaging the vendor U-Boot. Once upstreaming has occurred
  we can sun-set the vendor U-Boot package and replace it by the u-boot-
  microchip package.

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