[OE-core] [PATCH 0/4] Script and layer for running tests

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 28 November 2013 13:29:32 Chris Larson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Paul Eggleton <
> paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 November 2013 11:42:06 Chris Larson wrote:
> > > Will this have its own repository like all the other poky integrated
> > > layers? It really should, in my opinion.
> > 
> > It really needs to stay in the same place as the tests that rely on it;
> > they can't work without it. It might be suggested that the tests should go
> > elsewhere with them; but I don't think that would make sense - we want
> > people to be able to run these tests easily if they make changes to OE-
> > Core to check if they have caused any regressions.
> > 
> > If you have a look at the layer, there's not a lot in it, and I wouldn't
> > expect a lot to be added in future. One possible change would be to just
> > have the layer created on the fly in some temporary directory by the tests
> > themselves, rather than having it in the repository; on the other hand it
> > does make it a bit more difficult to look into outside of the test
> > environment.
> 
> I understand what you’re saying, but if this script is supposed to be
> generally useful for OE/Yocto, not just Poky, then the poky repository
> shouldn’t be its definitive location.

Poky isn't its definitive location, it has been sent as a pull request to the 
OE-Core mailing list to be applied on top of OE-Core.

> Further, patches against oe-core should be submitted against the oe-core
> repository, not the poky repository, and anything poky specific should go to
> the poky list.

Point taken, but there isn't actually anything poky-specific in this series. 
Can we please concentrate on the content of the patches?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre