From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dan.rpsys.net (5751f4a1.skybroadband.com [87.81.244.161]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE416FFC8 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:48:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id u2FBmtke007091; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:48:55 GMT Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bdkSLBFmiGTe; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:48:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hex ([192.168.3.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id u2FBmovg007087 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:48:51 GMT Message-ID: <1458042530.2804.310.camel@linuxfoundation.org> From: Richard Purdie To: Otavio Salvador , "Burton, Ross" Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:48:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: References: <1457981210-23532-1-git-send-email-otavio@ossystems.com.br> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Christopher Larson , Otavio Salvador , OpenEmbedded Core Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] libsdl: Only enable X11 support when the DISTRO supports it X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:49:00 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 08:01 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Burton, Ross > wrote: > > > > On 14 March 2016 at 21:23, Otavio Salvador > > wrote: > > > > > > Do you mind to explain to me why? > > > > > > I would like to try to see your view on this. > > > > > > libsdl is a good example to be honest. Why does your choice of > > target > > distro features decide what libraries the native sdl should use? > > Respecting > > them means in this case that you can't have a graphical qemu. > > Taking it to > > hypotheticals, just because my target is pure Wayland doesn't mean > > I expect > > sdl to build for Wayland without X11, especially if my desktop is > > X11 based. > > I agree with the overall goal here however this means we ought to > have > a HOST_DISTRO_FEATURES setting and not ignore it at all. I think right now there isn't a pressing need for the extra complications this brings in. Obviously we should watch the situation carefully though. Cheers, Richard