From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-it0-f54.google.com (mail-it0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6316178271 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:38:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-it0-f54.google.com with SMTP id m47so20295617iti.0 for ; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 07:38:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=intel-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references :organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2Pn5u3O3sPxL+Ivwhx3DhpANJJWGQ/5ohCd+OezSTdk=; b=IPMuyc5RWT8q613V0CBlSM3jLdtO6BAsm3GcjJnUIYZ1siOVC49TcH9BQr3LjDbDQ+ uYj87Tpz6aul1/YRJ09WlvuvIaoBcm6V/PLVzc6i/XrI0Wu9tcSnoznSu3NhjjuSSDBb 53xBoXxRn548L87Cf0Lp+CgDzUKzUcHFlKz/hplhY2KI6hSWuTixuDkVqltgn9/iLgRQ FLKf7hJ6LXCc9N9yuPbAYhajmwbG4FW80LGXepgdfPAdaD2WmWsbLDbHoYFNpd7kKSsg AGeDKT5mh7KvQjNcpd+rYwnlNcakoZWBWi7Vp/jn+f6eSRm9LWKnM0C8xudDP9bZ72lp /7Eg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2Pn5u3O3sPxL+Ivwhx3DhpANJJWGQ/5ohCd+OezSTdk=; b=Ifiyn93hzj7Ok56ecqzLBoSEiB+rc+JFmSfZp05F1lmzJWOAVyjIT4AS+fbj6ZkAAr vYQveTpI7eWZEfYZ0bidt06SN/E36Uq+QQhSPTiWCWtcxrDY+ttoxOnAQd6r2qtR99Vg CZfOopx2jaET4mAegOEbmgGSjaTegipfrB/lJyJHwF33DSvwOspi/jBLMu0IF47vyXTM bYDUzCDMEQDYSzJLAUsEYCtjHeGgGLmznEouSj+mQI6irv4gqa0cVHZ60TLtwJJUyId8 IfdCRh447UgtlTau04LhihX0Z2FD9iW67VpOJjzR8eillRDRKOGi2oX/wJg6MRSPneHP 11gA== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcBZ+7HeKNMHdxusSW7w6o5foLDa3gutm3P+ThOsAksHfVtc8NiD ZeZn8pdmeftWKR1e X-Received: by 10.36.111.139 with SMTP id x133mr5874683itb.25.1496932738938; Thu, 08 Jun 2017 07:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pohly-mobl1 (p5DE8CE54.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [93.232.206.84]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t76sm2473074ita.22.2017.06.08.07.38.57 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 08 Jun 2017 07:38:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1496932734.30163.137.camel@intel.com> From: Patrick Ohly To: Peter Kjellerstedt Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:38:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <7942e5efccf0ee4fa360948d892b4508e3f1f00c.1496849345.git-series.patrick.ohly@intel.com> <13cfc543313a4c59bb8c9688c91db3c4@XBOX02.axis.com> <1496901892.30163.119.camel@intel.com> <1496918712.6630.237.camel@linuxfoundation.org> Organization: Intel GmbH, Dornacher Strasse 1, D-85622 Feldkirchen/Munich X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.9-1+b1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: "openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: DISTRO_FEATURES as overrides 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, 08 Jun 2017 14:38:58 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 13:16 +0000, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > > My feelings are: > > > > * We need to use a prefix. We've been burnt too many times in the past > > when not using these. "df-" is fine, users will just have to deal > > with it. Fine with me. > > * We should filter the list of overrides to those which the distro > > wants to nominate. I really don't want to encourage wider spread of > > things than we need to, these need to be conscious decisions. > > Isn't there a risk that will be confusing? I.e., recipes that use, e.g., > bb.utils.contains() to check if a distro feature is set will be affected > as soon as the feature is added to DISTRO_FEATURES, but recipes that > use the override will only be affected if the feature has also been > added to some filter variable. I'm not sure. I guess it boils down to proper documentation. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.