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From: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Slater, Joseph" <joe.slater@windriver.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:09:09 +0100
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On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 20:01 +0000, Slater, Joseph wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Several packages in oe-core have PACKAGECONFIG[] info, or the
> equivalent, concerning
> explicitly disabling audit support.
>  
> Some people believe that PACKAGECONFIG[] data concerning features not
> in oe-core
>
> should not be in oe-core.  I do think it should be there unless the
> package requires special
> patching to implement the feature support.
>  
> Is there an oe-core policy about this type of thing?
> 
I think it makes sense to be in OE-Core unless as you say it needs
excessive patching or something to implement. The defaults should work
with OE-Core though and not require other layers.

Cheers,

Richard