oelint.file.inappropriatemsg.md

oelint.file.inappropriatemsg

severity: info

Example

With my.patch

Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [me don't care]

or

Upstream-Status: Inappropriate

or

Upstream-Status: Inappropriate (configuration)

Why is this bad?

Inappropriate will create technical debt, as the will never be merged upstream, so labelling why this patch is needed is essential for tracking. See OpenEmbedded contribution guide

Ways to fix it

Inappropriate [licensing]

or any other reason in the square brackets from the following list

• oe-specific
• OE specific
• oe-core specific
• not author
• native
• configuration
• enable feature
• disable feature
• bugfix .*
• embedded specific
• no upstream
• other