From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f46.google.com (mail-pa0-f46.google.com [209.85.220.46]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DED7E00502 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id kp14so5579609pab.5 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HeZ2sFm+wkXe9NCtwfqgvxLWeenouTUPcYHpez8ZDEY=; b=K68dEhLOswDtWsmrDqvnnuFq6CMOrPGlbdGI3oBwQwyJ3/Ah7JSMNRsWx71HmzLshm l6XB1deXmc9+hmQ/J8tShWhWuunZJtw+toc4bY039X+5rfHyWsHC8DLmUF2gcp5bbSOO 0JReY0gmGpQb0S34kmZsZrAELCZxnJqAbDahJdMbdBVZcLw5rstIsvMQgaDXifLpkNvd GFixSVuSIuxedRNNkHo5PgbgPsO3WT7nWfvK9f4R1oL5xLleQbAJufIdhm6p1CMnXYBZ /UcQCVxxvdVDTYNvtOA34kFHY+GodwTefqXsCOEgku4vl77gsR9wsTB7LZSkhKgB+LZ4 bfnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkqAA7hy7/Mx7/wno2BpP7wgPb7JNX9DGsNereUiQGT4uIIOg3l6VTF3FkPMZZ2siHNaP6F X-Received: by 10.68.245.162 with SMTP id xp2mr72184795pbc.69.1395675744325; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.53] ([63.226.49.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id tu3sm61546248pab.1.2014.03.24.08.42.22 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5330525D.80604@boundarydevices.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:21 -0700 From: Eric Nelson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Daiane.Angolini@freescale.com" , Otavio Salvador References: <1395261322-14905-1-git-send-email-eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com> <73259f17c01648dbb65e768113c90f58@BY2PR03MB379.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <73259f17c01648dbb65e768113c90f58@BY2PR03MB379.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Cc: "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fsl-commity-bsp: Add meta-qt5 X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:42:27 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Daiane (and Otavio), Otavio, I'm not sure why, but I didn't receive the e-mail that Daiane's responding to, so I'll reply here. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: meta-freescale-bounces@yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-freescale- >> bounces@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Otavio Salvador >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 5:37 PM >> To: Eric Nelson >> Cc: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org >> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [RFC PATCH] fsl-commity-bsp: Add meta-qt5 >> >> Hello Eric, >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Eric Nelson >> wrote: >>> Most of the energy in Qt for Freescale processors is in the area of >>> Qt5, not Qt4. >>> >>> Since the meta-qt5 layer is tiny (currently < 2M), there's little >>> downside to including it to make it easier to include. >>> >>> Change-Id: Ifa2850f54728626bbd51ae7924a8bc082ca6f359 >>> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson >> >> I am not sure we ought to include it or not. I see valid points for both >> and I will focus my answer in the cons: >> >> * Documentation: our Release Notes, User Guide and FAQ are still >> uncomplete. Add new stuff will only make it worse as those will also need >> to be documented. >> This is always a question of degree, right? >> * Tests: We see limited tests using the images we have and people does not >> provide much feedback when we open the test form. More things will only >> complicate it more. Do you think this is because a.) people are just having success and not reporting it, or b.) folks aren't using the images I tend to think a.), but I'm not sure. If it's b.), then are the images matching what users are looking for? > > Until here I understand. And I agree. > >> >> * Size: more metadata means more updates and maintenance. We need more >> people helping the metadata maintenance before extend it. >> I think this is somewhat un-related to Qt5. > > We already have almost 100% of the boards with maintainers. What do you mean, > when you say we need more maintenance before extend the metadata? > > I still don´t have a clear idea if I like or dislike the idea of downloading > more meta layers by default. > > I´m still deciding ;) > My initial thinking was that by having meta-qt5 included, we'll make it easier to test the qt5-layer that's already included in meta-fsl-arm. >> >> I cannot a lot more time in FSL Community BSP that I do. I do it in my free >> time and before extending it we need more people committed to the >> maintenance work. >> >> Those are my remarks about this, and meta-browser, addition. >> I hear you loud and clear. I see that you've posted another response to the thread that has some constructive thoughts about how to remedy this. And by the way: Thank you very much for all of your efforts! Regards, Eric