[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/python-bluezero: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:08:01 +0200
Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> wrote:

> > Python-bluezero has 4 main modules: central.py, peripheral.py, observer.py and broadcaster.py.
> > central.py, peripheral.py and broadcaster.py use BlueZ through D-BUS,
> > but observer.py uses python-aioblescan instead. And python-aioblescan uses AF_BLUETOOTH sockets.
> > 
> > So depending on what part of python-bluezero you use, it depends on D-Bus/BlueZ or python-aioblescan. 
> > Personally I use python-bluezero in two projects. In the first project I use only peripheral.py (D-Bus/BlueZ).
> > And in the second project I?m using observer.py (python-aioblescan), which means I don?t need D-Bus/BlueZ in my second project.
> > 
> > How to set dependencies in this situation?  
> 
>  I think it's too complicated to handle with Kconfig, so I would just explain it
> in the help text. E.g. "For central.py, peripheral.py and broadcaster.py you
> need to enable the bluez5_utils package. For observer.py, you need to enable the
> python-aioblescan package."

I entirely agree with this, and I was going to suggest exactly the same.

Best regards,

Thomas
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