[Openembedded-architecture] Layer compatibility markup proposal

[Philip Balister]

On 06/02/2017 05:26 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I agree 100% with Philip and Denys; but are either of you suggesting
>> we shouldn't implement this as a result of what you've mentioned (I
>> don't think so)?
>>
>> Even though your points are 100% spot-on, I still think we should go
>> ahead with the proposal. I just want to make sure your comments don't
>> dissuade the implementation if that wasn't your intent.
> 
> One possible way to mitigate the issue is raising a big warning but
> failing completely. This makes clear that it may fail but does not
> enforce a manual action to continue.
> 

I'm arguing with myself which is better:

1) Fail, person goes online and told how to work around to see if layer
builds

or

2) Have a warning to automate this process.

The underlying problem RP is talking about is serious, but we need to be
thinking how we will handle problems as they arise.

Philip