Re: Core image recipes

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>]

On Thursday 08 September 2011 04:53:28 you wrote:
> Now I understand what you are talking about, it might best to split this
> into 2 tasks a task-core moved to recipes-core/tasks and a
> task-core-x11, what about that?

I think that's the only way this can really work, yes.
 
> >> I can't access the LSB specs website right now
> >> unfortunately but does this have an official name within LSB? It's not
> >> "LSB-Core" is it?
> > 
> > Yep, it's LSB-Core (yet another meaning of "core", sigh...)
> 
> We could rename basic to task-lsb-core if that's what your thinking, but
> as you point out yet another "core".

Then again, if you're talking about LSB it makes sense to use the correct 
terminology.

> >> If there's demand for a minimal image with package management (someone
> >> asked for this on IRC just the other day, and it makes sense to me at
> >> least) then that's what I'd suggest turning this into. In which case it
> >> ought to be called core-image-minimal-pkgmgmt or something similar.
> > 
> > Any opinions on this one?
> 
> I think this is one that they can create themselves it's would be distro
> specific and would require additional space allocated to the rootfs,
> best for the distro do.  Remember we are trying to provide foundations
> and examples. core-image-minimal is supposed to be the smallest possible
> image with login and shell. It can be used by someone to build on.

That's exactly what I am thinking about. Since we already have such an image 
(core-image-base) that isn't being used for anything else, why not make it 
into something useful? Right now since core-image-minimal overrides 
IMAGE_INSTALL you can't use IMAGE_FEATURES and POKY_EXTRA_INSTALL to extend 
it, nor does it have package management that some users would be expecting; I 
think it would be useful to have a base image where those mechanisms do work. 
(Maybe the term "minimal" wouldn't apply to this image.)

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre