Re: [PATCH] bitbake.conf: Default DISTRO to nodistro

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 11/8/13, 3:47 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 10:33 +0100, Andrea Adami wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton@intel.com> wrote:
>>> On 7 November 2013 23:18, Richard Purdie
>>> <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>>> +DISTRO ??= "nodistro"
>>>
>>> Wouldn't "oe-core" be a better name, considering that's what
>>> DISTROVERSION becomes if DISTRO is unset?
>>>
>>> Ross
>>
>>
>> Agreed, we already have DISTRO_VERSION = "oe-core.0"
>> This sounds also the right name for THE default distro.
>
> I disagree and I feel quite strongly about this. OE-Core is not a
> distro. The whole idea was that OE-Core should build with sane defaults
> without any distro set. This is a dummy placeholder value and it really
> does mean to say that no distro is set.
>
> We did put a value into the DISTRO_VERSION field so you could tell what
> was being used but again its a placeholder.
>
> So in my view "nodistro" is clearer about what is meant.

I agree as well.  The thought back when this started was -if- there was to be an 
OE distribution, it could come from a component of meta-openembedded.

--Mark

> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Openembedded-core mailing list
> Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
>