[OE-core] Meta-web-kiosk Layer

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:05:00PM +0000, Ciobanu, Emilia Maria Silvia wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've created a new layer that can be used for kiosk devices.
>> You can check it out at:
>>     http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-web-kiosk/
>>
>> It contains a new bitbake target that automatically
>> starts a web browser right after boot and enables the
>> use of a virtual keyboard if there is support for it.
>>
>> The layer currently includes recipes for the web browser,
>> and bsp configurations.
>>
>> I'm open to receiving feedback, patches and any suggestions.
>
> Why not add dependency on meta-openembedded/meta-oe and meta-gnome?
>
> At least 4 duplicated recipes could be removed and newer midori from
> meta-gnome would be used:
>
> OE @ ~/meta-openembedded $ find . -name ca-certificates_\*
> ./meta-oe/recipes-support/ca-certificates/ca-certificates_20120623.bb
> OE @ ~/meta-openembedded $ find . -name vala_\*
> ./meta-oe/recipes-devtools/vala/vala_0.16.0.bb
> OE @ ~/meta-openembedded $ find . -name midori_\*
> ./meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/midori/midori_0.4.7.bb
> OE @ ~/meta-openembedded $ find . -name python-docutils_\*
> ./meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-docutils_0.5.bb
>
> Cheers,

Plus, it could be merged in meta-browser; I see no reason for another
layer for it.

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