From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from mail.kernelconcepts.de ([212.60.202.196])
	by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>) id 1OdNFL-0004GP-W8
	for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org;
	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:57:33 +0200
Received: from [192.168.2.131] by mail.kernelconcepts.de with esmtpsa
	(TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>) id 1OdNHY-0006EY-Vb
	for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org;
	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:59:48 +0000
Message-ID: <4C4D862E.2050202@kernelconcepts.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:57:18 +0200
From: Florian Boor <florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
References: <4C4D586A.5040202@kernelconcepts.de>
	<i2jrnl$4j3$2@dough.gmane.org>	<AANLkTimRxtBib-WUkcm75eNLQvws8Rw-Nf-Z6uQvFetR@mail.gmail.com>	<i2julr$fbh$1@dough.gmane.org>
	<FABAFD53-F00E-4D6E-811E-4249C9853C8C@vanille-media.de>
In-Reply-To: <FABAFD53-F00E-4D6E-811E-4249C9853C8C@vanille-media.de>
X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7
X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 212.60.202.196
X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS
	autolearn=ham version=3.2.5
X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000)
X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org)
Subject: Re: native preferences
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
	<openembedded-devel.lists.openembedded.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/openembedded-devel>,
	<mailto:openembedded-devel-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org>
List-Help: <mailto:openembedded-devel-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel>,
	<mailto:openembedded-devel-request@lists.openembedded.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:57:33 -0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hi,

Dr. Michael Lauer schrieb:
> Of course the preferred way - rather than switching distros - is to fix this obvious bug
> in the OE metadata.

yes I see it like this. Switching to a distribution that pins more versions is
not really what I would call a fix. It is a workaround but should not become the
default way to deal with such issues in OE.
What we introduced here is clearly a bug in OE and not the distributions fault.

Greetings

Florian

-- 
The dream of yesterday                  Florian Boor
is the hope of today                    Tel: +49 271-771091-15
and the reality of tomorrow.            Fax: +49 271-771091-19
[Robert Hutchings Goddard, 1904]        florian.boor@kernelconcepts.de
                                        http://www.kernelconcepts.de/en