[OE-core] setting EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES explicitly in .bb file can screw things up

[Paul Eggleton]

On Monday 09 July 2012 11:24:27 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > So IMHO the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES variable in the image should be
> > merged in the IMAGE_FEATURES above. I don't see the meaning of it. 
> 
>   yup, that was precisely the point i was making.  so given the
> potential for confusion, what should be the "best practise" here?
> based on my sketchy understanding, it seems the proper approach would
> be to let recipe files use IMAGE_FEATURES exclusively, while
> specifically reserving EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES for the developer's
> local.conf file, and avoid the current unpleasant mixing.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre