From: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
To: "Barros Pena, Belen" <belen.barros.pena@intel.com>
Cc: "yocto@yoctoproject.org" <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: self-hosted image vs. build appliance
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:22:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FE33C34.9060904@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CC08AFF0.11AC2%belen.barros.pena@intel.com>
On 06/21/2012 03:30 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
> Hi Saul,
>
> Thanks for explaining. But I must say: to an outsider, the existing naming
> does not explain how these 2 things relate to each other.
>
> We are adding a description of the 'self-hosted-image' to Hob, including a
> link to the Build Appliance page in the Yocto Project website. But I am
> not sure it will be enough to fully explain the relationship between both.
> Is there any reason why the recipe and the ovf file need to have different
> names?
>
How about build-appliance-image and building a Build Appliance ovf
Sau!
> Cheers
>
> Belen
>
>
>
> On 20/06/2012 17:44, "Saul Wold"<sgw@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On 06/20/2012 09:23 AM, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>>> Does anybody know why are we calling it 'self-hosted-image' in Hob and
>>> 'build-appliance' in the Yocto Project website? Wouldn't it be easier if
>>> we used the same name everywhere? Which one should be used?
>>>
>> They are slightly different. The self-hosted-image is the recipe name
>> that generates the image. The build-appliance is the VMware OVF file
>> and bits needed to use VMPlayer or VMWorkstation. The self-hosted-image
>> is the underlying disk image used in the Build Appliance
>>
>> Sau!
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Belen
>>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-21 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-20 16:23 self-hosted image vs. build appliance Barros Pena, Belen
2012-06-20 16:44 ` Saul Wold
2012-06-21 10:30 ` Barros Pena, Belen
2012-06-21 15:22 ` Saul Wold [this message]
2012-06-22 8:44 ` Barros Pena, Belen
2012-06-22 13:44 ` Rifenbark, Scott M
2012-06-25 9:38 ` Barros Pena, Belen
2012-06-25 9:47 ` Barros Pena, Belen
2012-06-20 22:16 ` Stewart, David C
2012-06-21 10:39 ` Barros Pena, Belen
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