Re: [edk2-devel] Where to put the bhyve code in the edk2 repo: BhyvePkg, or under OvmfPkg?

["Sean" <spbrogan@outlook.com>]

I really don't agree with this direction.

Adding another platform to a core repository that might or might not 
work at any given time is a burden to all core contributors and doesn't 
bring value to the core project.

The direction I would like to see is a new repo created at 
github.com/tianocore/Bhyve_Platform.git

Then this platform can use a submodule for edk2.  It can stay stable 
because the submodule will point to edk2 at the last time the bhyve 
maintainers "integrated" edk2.  If the maintainer wants to be very 
active they can do this daily or at each commit or if they have other 
priorities they can do it at each stable tag.

If we as a community get our stuff together then we can build out CI 
infrastructure for Bhyve that could provide PR feedback to indicates if 
the PR proposed change will break the bhyve platform.  This feedback can 
then be used by reviewers to decide to approve or request more PR changes.

The above workflow then scales nicely to other platforms and gives 
control to the platform maintainers.  This also makes it clear the 
different steps that are needed to integrate an edk2 revision into a 
platform and provides great insight into derivative projects.  Finally, 
this workflow allows a platform to scale up and down it's investment and 
relevancy to the edk2 project without directly changing edk2 source.

I hope offering a different viewpoint isn't viewed as me "continuing to 
stand on the sidelines shouting "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG"."

:)

Thanks
Sean



On 5/14/2020 9:20 AM, Rebecca Cran wrote:
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>> On May 14, 2020, at 4:24 AM, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
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>> - The community not having any human resources permanently dedicated to
>> bhyve regressions (testing, review, and post factum fixing) is fine, as
>> long as the bhyve stakeholders can live with a matching frequency of
>> regressions.
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> Yes, I believe that would be acceptable.
> Has there been a decision on the directory structure yet, or is that likely to be something that will need resolved at the next Stewards Meeting?
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> Rebecca Cran
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