[OE-core] [PATCH 3/4] distcc: make distccmon-gnome optional and default to off

Richard Purdie richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Nov 15 15:12:53 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 15:55 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Op 15 nov. 2011, om 15:42 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:59 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> >> Op 15 nov. 2011, om 14:43 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
> >>> To put this quite simply, I think there is no good reason we shouldn't
> >>> use the mechanism we've selected to handle this kind of problem. We
> >>> should have defaults the reflect backwards compatibility. Other than
> >>> that where is the problem other than a general objection to
> >>> PACKAGECONFIG?
> >> 
> >> It forces a choice when there is a solution where things can coexist.
> > 
> > There are multiple ways of coexisting and the configuration changing
> > based on DISTRO_FEATURES doesn't force a choice either.
> 
> It does force a choice, since you don't want to change DISTRO_FEATURES
> when distributing binaries. If changing it is safe, then it isn't a
> DISTRO_FEATURE.

I'd expect a given distro to be able to figure out in advance whether it
intends to have X11 or not?

If unsure you leave it present...

I really don't see the problem here.

Cheers,

Richard





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