From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486FD60842 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:51:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Aug 2013 05:51:15 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.89,934,1367996400"; d="scan'208";a="366787404" Received: from timevans-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.122.241]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Aug 2013 05:51:13 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: Richard Purdie Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:51:12 +0100 Message-ID: <1466146.RJNtyhCQ4g@helios> Organization: Intel Corporation User-Agent: KMail/4.10.5 (Linux/3.8.0-27-generic; KDE/4.10.5; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1377166846.428.50.camel@ted> References: <6560539.TdGG90GaLI@helios> <1377166846.428.50.camel@ted> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [CONSOLIDATED PULL 00/62] Python3, Packge Exlude and more (Initial ACK Please)! 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: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:51:14 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Thursday 22 August 2013 11:20:46 Richard Purdie wrote: > 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. For something like this though it just increases complexity for users - unlike other optional class-supported functionality it's not even clear from the variable name that you'll need to inherit the class before they can be used. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre