Re: [PATCH] bitbake.conf: Default DISTRO to nodistro

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 10:33 +0100, Andrea Adami wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton@intel.com> wrote:
> > On 7 November 2013 23:18, Richard Purdie
> > <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >> +DISTRO ??= "nodistro"
> >
> > Wouldn't "oe-core" be a better name, considering that's what
> > DISTROVERSION becomes if DISTRO is unset?
> >
> > Ross
> 
> 
> Agreed, we already have DISTRO_VERSION = "oe-core.0"
> This sounds also the right name for THE default distro.

I disagree and I feel quite strongly about this. OE-Core is not a
distro. The whole idea was that OE-Core should build with sane defaults
without any distro set. This is a dummy placeholder value and it really
does mean to say that no distro is set.

We did put a value into the DISTRO_VERSION field so you could tell what
was being used but again its a placeholder.

So in my view "nodistro" is clearer about what is meant.

Cheers,

Richard