[OE-core] [CONSOLIDATED PULL 00/62] Python3, Packge Exlude and more (Initial ACK Please)!

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Thu Aug 22 17:51:52 UTC 2013


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Paul Eggleton
<paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 22 August 2013 11:20:46 Richard Purdie wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 10:07 +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 21 August 2013 22:58:55 Saul Wold wrote:
>> > > Marko Lindqvist (3):
>> > >   texinfo: correct dont-depend-on-help2man.patch
>> > >   SDL2: add recipe
>> > >   boost: fix build when PARALLEL_MAKE is not set
>> > >
>> > > Otavio Salvador (1):
>> > >   distro_features_check.bbclass: Allow checking of required/conflicting
>> > >
>> > >     features
>> >
>> > I should have asked this earlier - why does this need to be a separate
>> > bbclass? The code doesn't do anything if the variables aren't set, so it
>> > can't be because it could have an impact on existing setups that don't
>> > set them.
>>
>> FWIW I do have a worry about the shear weight of the core these days as
>> we're building up piles of anonymous python for example. In many ways I
>> therefore like the idea of having more classes which get included when
>> they're needed.
>
> For something like this though it just increases complexity for users - unlike
> other optional class-supported functionality it's not even clear from the
> variable name that you'll need to inherit the class before they can be used.

Both ways works for me. So do the choice and I update the patch.

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