[OE-core] should all class files be inherited by *something*?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Chris Larson wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >  poking around the meta/classes/*.bbclass files and one looked a bit
> > odd -- scons.bbclass.  i was under the impression that class files
> > were supposed represent a *general* kind of functionality so i was
> > curious as to what this file represented.
> >
> >  more to the point, it doesn't look like anything in oe-core inherits
> > that class.  so what exactly is its purpose?
> >
> >  and following up on that, another example of that kind of file is
> > oelint.bbclass -- again, i don't see anything in oe-core that inherits
> > it.
>
> There will *always* be classes that aren't inherited by anything. Look
> at devshell. Some classes will always be opt-in only.

  yes, i twigged to that seconds after i pressed the ENTER key.  it
*always* happens that way.  grrrrrrr.

rday

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