[OE-core] [RFC] meta-handheld

[Andrea Adami]

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>> >> If people agree that this is a good idea, the next question would be where to
>> >> host it - is this something that could be within the meta-oe repository?
>> >>
>> > Grabbing all of these barely supported machines into their own layer sounds
>> > like a good plan to me.
>> >
>> > Id suggest just hosting it on gitorious, if its inside OE then there is the
>> > magic assumption from the public that they should work (which is what happens
>> > now). Then people get really dissapointed when I tell them getting it to work
>> > is likely to be a hard slog.
>>
>> I agree with Graeme on the hosting bit. I also have all the devices you mentioned near my desk, so testing should be easy :)
>
> I'm going to disagree, this is exactly the kind of layer fragmentation
> I'd not like to see layers cause. Which website do I go to where I can
> see a list of layers that exist? Who is going to maintain that list? If
> its off on gitorious nobody will be able to easily find it.
>
> The easiest solution is if git.openembedded.org or git.yoctoproject.org
> can host the majority of the meta-* repositories.
>
> Equally, I don't really see why this can't be a specific meta- group in
> meta-oe. The README can clearly spell out what the expectations of the
> layer are...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard

I agree with Richard, for keeping it as meta- group.
About expectations, at least for Zaurus I don't see problems: vanilla
2.6.38 kernel, actual udev, imminent move to xorg-xserver if kdrive is
finally doomed.

Ipaq's seem suffering more bitrot...

Andrea