From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.173.237] helo=tim.rpsys.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R4WFC-0008IA-Sx for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:06:07 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p8GB0qJ2013301; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:52 +0100 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12365-07; Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:48 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p8GB0kh6013295 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:46 +0100 From: Richard Purdie To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20110916101935.GG7445@jama.jama.net> References: <1316161201-769-1-git-send-email-koen@dominion.thruhere.net> <1316167797.25993.70.camel@ted> <20110916101935.GG7445@jama.jama.net> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.1.91- Message-ID: <1316170848.25993.71.camel@ted> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Cc: Koen Kooi Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] gstreamer: sync packaging with OE .dev X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:06:07 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 12:19 +0200, Martin Jansa wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:09:49AM +0100, Richard Purdie wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 10:20 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: > > > some text here > > > > It took all my restraint to not just reply with: > > """ > > NAK > > > > > > """ > > > > We've been around in a few circles with this. The problem is that if we > > apply this patch we have no clue which gst-plugin from the good, the bad > > and the ugly provides something you're after to include in an image. > > This results in bitbake being pretty clueless about whether a given > > build will succeed or not. In general I'm not a fan of having > > non-deterministic builds as they tend to annoy users. > > > > If this position isn't acceptable then we'll probably have to move to a > > situation where we list which plugins each of the packages builds and > > drop the dyanmic provides. That is a maintenance pain and I don't take > > that step lightly but I don't see any other options. I'm open to > > suggestions though. > > Something like: > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2011-April/031739.html > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2011-April/031740.html > ? Yes. I'd probably have written separate .inc files to simplify the script but I'm thinking along those lines. I'm not particularly happy about it but I don't see many other options. Cheers, Richard