From a9003d3a83fdc987c876953ea95850d57d5f5cdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 12:31:08 +0100 Subject: ref-manual: variables: add RECIPE_MAINTAINER (From yocto-docs rev: 30e41530402a4f9c37f77e89bae7469b68aad901) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 52e3e59588..38c63d6179 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -6989,6 +6989,22 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution:dependencies`" sections in the BitBake User Manual for additional information on tasks and dependencies. + :term:`RECIPE_MAINTAINER` + This variable defines the name and e-mail address of the maintainer of a + recipe. Such information can be used by human users submitted changes, + and by automated tools to send notifications, for example about + vulnerabilities or source updates. + + The variable can be defined in a global distribution :oe_git:`maintainers.inc + ` file:: + + meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc:RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-sysvinit = "Ross Burton " + + It can also be directly defined in a recipe, + for example in the ``libgpiod`` one:: + + RECIPE_MAINTAINER = "Bartosz Golaszewski " + :term:`RECIPE_NO_UPDATE_REASON` If a recipe should not be replaced by a more recent upstream version, putting the reason why in this variable in a recipe allows -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf