From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [207.46.51.80] (helo=outbound8-sin-R.bigfish.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IZrgT-0003QJ-H6 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:25:26 +0200 Received: from outbound8-sin.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outbound8-sin-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561FD1538C58 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail229-sin-R.bigfish.com (unknown [10.3.40.3]) by outbound8-sin.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37BB015D8069 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail229-sin (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail229-sin-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39DA811980FC for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:01 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: VP X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Antispam-Report: OrigIP: 160.33.98.75;Service: EHS Received: by mail229-sin (MessageSwitch) id 1190654461205483_9159; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:01 +0000 (UCT) Received: from mail8.fw-bc.sony.com (mail8.fw-bc.sony.com [160.33.98.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail229-sin.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 799D41B1804E for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com (mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com [43.130.1.111]) by mail8.fw-bc.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8OHKxvW024595 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:21:00 GMT Received: from USSDIXIM02.am.sony.com (ussdixim02.am.sony.com [43.130.140.34]) by mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8OHKx3M023524 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:20:59 GMT Received: from ussdixms03.am.sony.com ([43.130.140.23]) by USSDIXIM02.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:20:59 -0700 Received: from [43.135.148.58] ([43.135.148.58]) by ussdixms03.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:20:58 -0700 Message-ID: <46F7F1F2.6040506@am.sony.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:20:50 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <46F587F7.4060501@balister.org> <46F65D2D.5020507@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <46F65D2D.5020507@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2007 17:20:58.0916 (UTC) FILETIME=[45FBBE40:01C7FECF] Subject: Re: How should OE be used? 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:25:26 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Koen Kooi wrote: > If we need to checkout some svn/cvs/hg/git tree to > get your OE-based distro, you have already lost. I strongly agree with this sentiment. I would like to see something even further. I would like to see downloadable minimal distro *binaries* (not just source) for all major architectures. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================