From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NZ4XD-0000ld-5T for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:37:58 +0100 Received: from cpe00e0b8e80755-cm001225dbafb6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.235.244.198] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NZ4Uy-0001vt-E9 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:35:36 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:34:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <201001241610.24013.holger+oe@freyther.de> Message-ID: References: <1263888104.2678.15.camel@ubuntu-desktop> <201001231357.53005.holger+oe@freyther.de> <201001241610.24013.holger+oe@freyther.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.235.106.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on linuxtogo.org); Unknown failure Subject: Re: Bitbake build error on Fedora 12 x86 64-bit 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:37:58 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote: > On Sunday 24 January 2010 14:50:39 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > as long as users know the risks, i'd personally *encourage* them > > to use the dev version, and reports bugs they find. the more > > testers, the better, no? > > It really depends. People following the getting started > documentation are normally not in the class of users that know the > risks?! Do you agree? absolutely, which is why i qualified that recommendation with "as long as users know the risks", with the risks (or at least reasonable cautions) pointed out to them. > On the other hand I agree totally agree that more testers the > better, but IMO this would also mean that they follow the low volume > bitbake-dev mailinglist, to get information like the svn->git > switch, branches and such?! i'm currently updating the bitbake manual (yes, you should be nervous) and i noticed that there is nothing early on about how to *get* bitbake. so i'm going to add a short section, suggesting first to use the latest official tarball (explaining where to get it), followed by a section for more advanced users on how to check it out, with the appropriate cautions. there will be a HUGE caution added that people should make sure they're not running an old version. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ========================================================================