From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [65.254.253.133] (helo=mailout16.yourhostingaccount.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HOR4p-00004t-NK for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:15:03 +0100 Received: from mailscan44.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.15.44] helo=mailscan44.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailout16.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1HOR4o-0000yF-NH for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:15:02 -0500 Received: from authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.18.8] ident=exim) by mailscan44.yourhostingaccount.com with spamscanlookuphost (Exim) id 1HOR4o-0004vi-N4 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:15:02 -0500 Received: from authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.18.8] helo=authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailscan44.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1HOR4n-0004uu-6h; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:15:01 -0500 Received: from pool-71-117-247-154.ptldor.fios.verizon.net ([71.117.247.154] helo=mgross-desktop) by authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtpa (Exim) id 1HOR4m-00040h-J1; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:15:00 -0500 Received: by mgross-desktop (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B92C6C2E59; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:15:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:15:02 -0800 From: Mark Gross To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20070306041502.GA542@thegnar.org> References: <1173131731.5842.140.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1173131731.5842.140.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-EN-UserInfo: 797c2c580f2f40de3d8825fee4eaf462:2545611f8b0606d1227160eb92fd62ea X-EN-AuthUser: markgross Sender: Mark Gross X-EN-OrigIP: 71.117.247.154 X-EN-OrigHost: pool-71-117-247-154.ptldor.fios.verizon.net Cc: openembedded-devel , bitbake-dev Subject: Re: Bitbake Request for Testing of bitbake 1.8 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, 06 Mar 2007 04:15:04 -0000 X-Groupsio-MsgNum: 1577 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Content-Disposition: inline --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:55:31PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > I've been putting this off for a while but bitbake trunk has branched > for a new stable release series, 1.8.x which will ultimately replace the > 1.6.x stable series. >=20 > Could people give the 1.8 branch in bitbake a try? If you have problems, > I will do my best to resolve them before 1.8.0 is released. I estimate > 1.8.0 is say a week away, I want to release soon. >=20 > For what its worth, some of the core devs have been using trunk for a > while with success and its been used in poky without incident for a > while now too. >=20 >=20 > What's will be new in 1.8? >=20 > * We basically rewrote half the core. Bitbake used to calculate the > build path "on the fly" which was no use for multithreading, its now > been replaced with a calculation in advance (taskdata and runqueue). > This allows it to do simplistic multithreading. Set BB_NUMBER_THREADS =3D > "100" in local.conf to lock your machine up or something lower to try > multithreading ;-). >=20 > * The -g dependency graph output has changed and now includes a task > dependency file. Has anyone got a good way to view these graphically > yet? >=20 > * The fetchers were refactored removing duplicate code and standardising > behaviour. >=20 > * Numerous code changes were made internally to refactor/modularise the > code. This will be useful in future developments (the last code I > checked in prepares for the UI). >=20 >=20 > What will happen in trunk? >=20 > I've branched as I have some fairly invasive changes planned for trunk. > The aim of these is to split bitbake into a client/server and look at > UIs. Whilst 1.7.x was very stable more recently, 1.9.x is going to > break ;-).=20 >=20 > The current UI code I have is about as secure as publishing your IP > address and root password on the web and leaving the telnet port open so > when I check it in, use at your own risk. I will accept patches to > address these issues ;-). My main concern is the structure at the moment > rather than security or functionality which can come later. >=20 >=20 > So please do test the bitbake 1.8 branch and lets make it as successful > as 1.6! >=20 FYI 1.8 built my modified slugos-image without any problems. =20 E Build Configuration: BB_VERSION =3D "1.7.999" OE_REVISION =3D "f1ac1dc451ca12e3634137ddce1c0caf04f46ee9" TARGET_ARCH =3D "armeb" TARGET_OS =3D "linux" MACHINE =3D "nslu2be" DISTRO =3D "slugos" DISTRO_VERSION =3D "4.3-beta" TARGET_FPU =3D "soft" Are there special configurations or settings you would like to see tried? --mgross --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7OrGhK5OsmQOmSARAokpAJ90Gq/rFmFmWzTB616vi8Ol4hMKxQCfbYJZ kZHKG1AItfUpWGhljzOiSsQ= =e7z1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--