From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id D2988E006C4; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:13:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.204.85 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp485.redcondor.net (smtp485.redcondor.net [208.80.204.85]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864C1E0043F for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:13:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp485.redcondor.net ({3be039ea-4351-44b0-a8af-642c38b25916}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140726111308412 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:13:08 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [24.211.139.253] (port=58588 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XAzuQ-0001cd-AJ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:13:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 07:12:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Rudolf Streif In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) 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 - yoctoproject.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-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: Re: dev manual definition of "Image" is totally wrong X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:13:19 -0000 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1810305086-1406373181=:25872" --8323328-1810305086-1406373181=:25872 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Rudolf Streif wrote: >   here: > > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-terms > > the definition of "Image" refers to the generated artifacts of a > build, whereas the standard usage (as typified by the link) more > correctly refers to things like core-image-minimal. > > The term "image" is somewhat overloaded and if not detailed context > dependent. Image at least could be a "kernel image" or a "root file > system image". In the context of YP the term typically refers to a > root file system image of which core-image-minimal is an instance. i know that, but the definition as it stands in the dev manual is extremely misleading: "Image: An image is the result produced when BitBake processes a given collection of recipes and related Metadata. Images are the binary output that run on specific hardware or QEMU and are used for specific use-cases..." "the result" implies a single result when everyone knows a build can produce several output objects. and as rudolf correctly points out, the word "image" is context dependent, and it certainly is the way one refers to the image *recipe files*, which you find (unfortunately) under directories named "images/". personally, i think a build's output should have been called "artifacts", but that's just me. and as forrest gump once said, "and that's all i have to say about that." rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --8323328-1810305086-1406373181=:25872--