From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms173013pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.13]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RP0e9-0003AZ-H4; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:36:33 +0100 Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [96.240.135.93]) by vms173013.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LUI004MGRXO77F2@vms173013.mailsrvcs.net>; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:30:01 -0600 (CST) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5C0A014AF5D; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:29:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:29:48 -0500 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <20111111232948.GE20602@denix.org> References: <4EBD2E8F.6060400@balister.org> MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: <4EBD2E8F.6060400@balister.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org, openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [oe] Guidelines for creating a layer X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:36:33 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 09:17:51AM -0500, Philip Balister wrote: > Sorry to hack the subject and delete the earlier conversation, but Koen > raises a good point here and I do not want it lost in the earlier > discussion since I among others stopped reading the emails in detail. > > Is there a good set of guidelines on the web site (not buried in a git > repo) to guide people making the decision when to create a new layer, as > opposed to contributing to an existing layer? > > How do we make sure layers are well thought out and not people taking > the path of least resistance? I think this is a more generic and broad question to discuss it just between OE devs. So, my apologies for cross-post, but lets ask wider audience... Denys > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [oe] RFC Creation of a meta-telephony repository > Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:45:52 +0100 > From: Koen Kooi > Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > > > Having worked with layers for quite a while now I go through the following > list before creating one: > > Does it need to be a layer? -> no -> send patches to existing layers > | > yes > | > Does it need to be a seperate repo? -> no -> send patches to existing repos > | > yes > | > Is github/gitorious/etc good enough? -> no -> ... > | > yes > | > Create repo + layer > > And after a I while re-evaluate it. > > regards, > > Koen