From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 206-248-190-39.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.190.39] helo=yow-jmacdona-d2.wrs.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1StSs7-0001rE-PZ for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:21:08 +0200 Received: by yow-jmacdona-d2.wrs.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 274D06A351A; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:09:41 -0400 From: Joe MacDonald To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20120724000940.GA4014@windriver.com> References: <500D4B57.3020800@mentor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <500D4B57.3020800@mentor.com> X-URL: http://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment/tree/master X-Configuration: git://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment.git X-Editor: Vim-703 http://www.vim.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: Proposal: Creating meta-networking X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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, 24 Jul 2012 00:21:08 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [[oe] Proposal: Creating meta-networking] On 12.07.23 (Mon 17:02) Firago Alexey wrote: > Hi all, > > On 6/15/2012 8:15 AM, Joe MacDonald wrote: > >We've been talking about this on-and-off at Wind River for a while now, > >but it now seems like a reasonable time to bring a proposal to the OE > >community at large. We're thinking about creating a new layer to house > >recipes, etc. for networking packages. > >... > >So what does everyone think? Awesome idea? Terrible idea? (Hopefully) > >something in between? All feedback is welcome. > > I think creating software support layer for network related packages > is good idea. > We've updated some of the recipes from OE Classic mentioned above > for our projects at Mentor Graphics. > We've been thinking to place these updated recipes in meta-oe layer. > But I think now that separate layer like meta-networking > would be much more suitable place. Also we've created some new > packages like mipv6-umip or multipath-tools > that are good candidates for being placed in meta-networking. > > So, I suggest Mentor Graphics would contribute to meta-networking. That's great to hear! As you can probably tell there's been not much activity on this front for the last week or so, but I anticipate getting back at it in the next day or two. I'll be sure to copy the list on anything of interest. -- Joe MacDonald, Sr. Member of Technical Staff, Linux Products Group, Wind River direct 613.270.5750 mobile 613.291.7421 fax 613.592.2283