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On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 10:07 +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 August 2013 22:58:55 Saul Wold wrote:
> > Marko Lindqvist (3):
> >   texinfo: correct dont-depend-on-help2man.patch
> >   SDL2: add recipe
> >   boost: fix build when PARALLEL_MAKE is not set
> > 
> > Otavio Salvador (1):
> >   distro_features_check.bbclass: Allow checking of required/conflicting
> >     features
> 
> I should have asked this earlier - why does this need to be a separate 
> bbclass? The code doesn't do anything if the variables aren't set, so it can't 
> be because it could have an impact on existing setups that don't set them.

FWIW I do have a worry about the shear weight of the core these days as
we're building up piles of anonymous python for example. In many ways I
therefore like the idea of having more classes which get included when
they're needed.

Cheers,

Richard