From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [194.106.48.114] (helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IVDA3-000487-Em for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:20:43 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8BLHdpR028375 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:17:39 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28148-06 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:17:35 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.1.15] (max.rpnet.com [192.168.1.15]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8BLHWrL028357 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:17:32 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org In-Reply-To: References: <200709111318.52432.openembedded@haerwu.biz> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:17:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1189545452.6163.65.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Subject: Re: Task-base is big :( X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:20:43 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've covered USE flags in a different mail so I'm ignoring that in this reply. On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 19:37 +0200, Leon Woestenberg wrote: > The TASK-* and *FEATURES approach looked good at first instance, but I > have reverted from using it, as it still results in a major cloud of > package (build) dependencies. This is the same issue Marcin wants to address. > My current approach is maintaining an overlay with copied and adapted > options and dependencies but I would rather see this supported within > OpenEmbedded. Is this overlay public? Even if we can't use it directly a summary of what you find unacceptable of the current approach in OE would be useful to see. Personally, I don't think there are that many dependency issues but I'd be interested to see how much of OE you needed to patch. Perhaps you could write a quick summary? We're never going to manage something that works for everyone perfectly out the box but I think things can certainly be improved from where they are now. Also keep in mind the task-base I checked in was very much a first draft, it has evolved since and I'm fully expecting it to evolve again in the future! :) Cheers, Richard