[edk2-devel] [EXTERNAL] Re: [edk2-rfc] [RFC] UnitTestFrameworkPkg cmocka submodule alternatives

[Bret Barkelew via groups.io]

My vote is to own a fork. I agree with Laszlo that it’s very low maintenance (may even be able to automate it with an existing DevOps pipeline to run every day) and gives us the most control of our destiny.

- Bret

From: Rebecca Cran<mailto:rebecca at nuviainc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:01 AM
To: rfc at edk2.groups.io<mailto:rfc at edk2.groups.io>; lersek at redhat.com<mailto:lersek at redhat.com>; Kinney, Michael D<mailto:michael.d.kinney at intel.com>; devel at edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel at edk2.groups.io>; Bret Barkelew<mailto:Bret.Barkelew at microsoft.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [edk2-rfc] [RFC] UnitTestFrameworkPkg cmocka submodule alternatives

On 12/17/20 8:54 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 12/17/20 15:48, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>
>> I don't know who or what the <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fneverware-mirrors&data=04%7C01%7CBret.Barkelew%40microsoft.com%7C4cd7a0f805864468a2cb08d8a2a50fb8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637438177109105172%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=oOtke9Pjf8TFVV2D0nv1xW%2B2a9sBsXgbFo1A9fodooc%3D&reserved=0>
>> organization is, and I'd prefer not fetching code from them automatically.
>
> I'm sorry, this was silly.
>
> The whole point of git is "addressing by content". Our submodule
> reference in edk2 makes us check out the cmocka tree at a known hash, so
> where that comes from is totally irrelevant.
>
> I'm OK with the proposal as posted.

Also, apparently Neverware is part of Google:

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--
Rebecca Cran



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