[OE-core] [RFC] bbclass for automatic generation of binary recipes

[Robert Yang]

Is it similar to meta/classes/package.bbclass ?

// Robert

On 05/08/2013 01:53 PM, Erik Botö wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Background:
> If you use OE to build software which includes e.g. a closed source
> library, but still want to others to be able to build software based
> on that library in a OE environment you would have to create recipes
> that contains a binary version of your library + headers manually.
> This would have to be done manually for each package, and as the
> development of the library continues the binary recipes will have to
> be manually updated to keep in sync.
>
> Idea:
> Create a new bbclass that handles this automatically as much as
> possible. The basic idea is to:
> - Create a tarball of ${WORKDIR}/image/ alternatively
>    ${WORKDIR}/packages-split/
> - By parsing the "source recipe", create a "binary recipe" that uses
> that tarball
>
> The binary recipe should work as a drop in replacement of the source
> recipe. This means that the other recipes depending on the closed
> source software shouldn't need to be adapted to work with one or the
> other.
>
> I'd like feedback on whether you think the idea is feasible, and if
> you think it could be useful for others. And anything else you think
> of.
>
> Cheers,
> Erik Botö
>
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