Re: [edk2-devel] OvmfPkg PlatformCI: Should iasl dependency be updated from 20190215.0.0 ?

["Rebecca Cran" <rebecca@bsdio.com>]

On 5/3/23 13:50, Sean wrote:

> As for the feed.  Yes they are inconsistent.   We were moving away 
> from a global nuget.org feed as it just didn't seem necessary to push 
> to nuget.org.  But now we are evaluating ways to move entirely away 
> from nuget.  Nuget.exe worked pretty well for Windows development and 
> our initial use cases but has definitely created a headache on Linux, 
> MacOS and other.  There really isn't a generic package management 
> solution that is supported cross platform that has free/high 
> quality/secure hosting.  If anyone has ideas please share.
>
>
> So my suggestion is to hold off for a couple of weeks (unless 
> something is broken) and lets see if we can use web downloads from 
> github releases.  This should still allow consistency with tools, work 
> cross platform, and give the flexibility needed per platform.
>
That's great news! That would remove a major impediment to using the 
stuart tools for me on FreeBSD, and a hassle getting setup on Linux.

> Regarding the steps in that document.  In that example it doesn't call 
> out all the steps needed as that would just rehash the section 
> before.  Instead it relies on a user having followed the generic steps 
> in the section above (How to Build With Stuart · 
> tianocore/tianocore.github.io Wiki 
> <https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/How-to-Build-With-Stuart#how-to-build-in-edk2-with-stuart>).  
> For example the user would need to have also done:  setup python 
> virtual env, install pypi dependencies, and clone source + submodules.
>
I hadn't realized that .pytool/CISettings.py was for CI and I should 
swap out the platform's UefiBuilder script when running 
stuart_setup/stuart_update.


-- 
Rebecca Cran