Re: poky-extras

[Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>]

On 13-06-28 09:22 AM, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
> All I need is the name to make some initial changes.

Personally, I'm fine with 'meta-yocto-kernel'. Naming things is
never easy, so I won't agonize over whether or not an "extras"
should be on the end. But the name should be clear that it isn't
the main yocto kernel, it's just a few crappy bbappends that make
working with it locally easier for some :)

So my only counter proposal is: meta-yocto-kernel-extras

I'm going to de-crapify the bbappends so they are more useful, and
have started on that work, but haven't finished it yet.

Bruce

>
> Scott
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfield@windriver.com]
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 6:03 AM
>> To: Richard Purdie
>> Cc: Hart, Darren; yocto; Rifenbark, Scott M; Michael Halstead
>> Subject: Re: poky-extras
>>
>> On 13-06-28 08:57 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 08:52 -0400, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>>> On 13-06-28 04:51 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>>>> Hi Bruce/Darren,
>>>>>
>>>>> My attention was drawn to the existence of poky-extras. This was
>> really
>>>>> a short term gap filling repository and I think the time has come to
>>>>> remove it. There are basically two chunks of code in there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The meta-linaro pieces in there haven't been touched in two years
>> and
>>>>> are therefore dead. I think we should delete them to alleviate any
>>>>> confusion.
>>>>>
>>>>> The kernel pieces have been touched more recently. Some moved into
>> the
>>>>> core, mostly its just example boiler plate type code now. I think
>> this
>>>>> needs moving to a better named repository if its still
>> wanted/useful, or
>>>>> we delete it. I personally don't have a strong preference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone take care of sorting this out?
>>>>
>>>> I can take care of finding it a new home. I use the repo daily, and
>> keep
>>>> bumping it with examples with each new kernel update or release. I
>> was
>>>> working on some urlremapper code for the layer, to replace the old
>>>> boiler plate "uncomment this" examples that are current in the
>> recipes ..
>>>> that work has been backgrounded, but I can pick it up again as part
>>>> of relocating the changes.
>>>>
>>>> I'm out of the office for the next week and a half, but can have a
>> look
>>>> after that. Does that timeframe work ?
>>>
>>> Yes, its not urgent and I don't want to remove something people use. I
>>> do think that this would better as a meta-yocto-kernel or something
>>> similar. How about we simply rename it to that and delete meta-linaro
>>> from it?
>>
>> Agreed. That's an effective way to clarify what's left in the layer.
>> I'll take care of cleaning up the contents later.
>>
>> If it's just the rename, I assume Michael can take care of it and
>> there's nothing immediate for me to do.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
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