[PATCH 1/2] user: Spell out third-party

[Joel Sherrill]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 7:36 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org wrote:

> On 23/1/19 8:42 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> > ---
> >  user/exe/executables.rst           |  8 ++++----
> >  user/hosts/macos.rst               |  4 ++--
> >  user/hosts/windows.rst             |  4 ++--
> >  user/installation/releases.rst     |  2 +-
> >  user/overview/index.rst            |  2 +-
> >  user/rsb/third-party-packages.rst  | 12 ++++++------
> >  user/rsb/why-build-from-source.rst |  2 +-
> >  user/start/index.rst               |  2 +-
> >  user/tools/index.rst               |  2 +-
> >  user/tracing/index.rst             |  2 +-
> >  10 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> FYI Joel and I have revisited the definition of 3rd party packages
> deciding what
> we have is not right or clear defined.
>
> Joel's view which he told me while he was driving and I hope I got correct
> is:
>
> 1. There are packages we develop and maintain, mostly in the RTEMS repo.
>
> 2. There are packages we have brought in that we maintain, for example
> libbsd,
> c11 support, etc. These packages include the ones we build via the RSB. We
> attempt to make sure they build on all BSPs but there can be limits.
>
> 3. External 3rd party packages, cFS/cFE, EPICS, YAFFS and Qt are all
> examples.
>
> This needs to be explained better in the documentation and the excessive
> use of
> third-party needs to be changed.
>

Third party is something the project does not directly maintain or package.

Libbsd is not third party. The code largely comes from somewhere else but
as a package, it is owned by the project.

It us third party in the same sense as the legal definition of being
independent of the main parties.

>
> Chris
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