From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RBY0t-0008VR-79 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:24:23 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Oct 2011 13:18:47 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,351,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="60282104" Received: from scimitar.jf.intel.com (HELO [10.7.199.177]) ([10.7.199.177]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Oct 2011 13:18:47 -0700 From: Joshua Lock To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:18:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4E8CB801.7050003@balister.org> References: <4E8B6564.4090002@balister.org> <4E8B67C5.8050602@intel.com> <4E8B6C17.80509@balister.org> <4E8B6D47.9000600@intel.com> <4E8B8C05.5050508@windriver.com> <4E8C662B.4090300@balister.org> <4E8CB801.7050003@balister.org> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.3 (3.0.3-1.fc15) Message-ID: <1317845927.10776.3.camel@scimitar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Bringing an image from OE to OE-Core 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: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:24:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 16:03 -0400, Philip Balister wrote: > On 10/05/2011 03:35 PM, Khem Raj wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Philip Balister wrote: > >> > >> 1) I do not want rpm in the image. This would confuse my customer base. > >> 2) I am tired of dropbear, I want openssh only. > >> 3) I need the full versions of tools, not the busybox ones. > >> 4) I am not limited to gpv2 software. > >> > >> Richard, it looks to me like we should add an item for the next Yocto > >> development cycle to review how images are built and try to make the base > >> stuff in oe-core more usable by everyone. We need to define what choices are > >> made by distros. For example opkg, rpm, no package management in image. > >> Images may want dropbear or openssh. > >> > >> Short term, I think I'll copy the tasks/images into my bsp and get some > >> stuff together for testing. I'd like a better long term solution though. > > > > There always will be customizations needed. But we can strive for > > better basic blocks > > Sure. The immediate things I noticed are rpm being installed and lack of > a way to chose between dropbear/openssh. Core images automatically include the correct package manager when the image feature package-management is defined for the image. It would be nice to define a variable/feature to control SSH server. Regards, Joshua -- Joshua Lock Yocto Project "Johannes factotum" Intel Open Source Technology Centre