[OE-core] [oe-core][PATCH 1/2] ifupdown: import recipe

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2015-09-02 at 16:23 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Randy MacLeod
> <randy.macleod at windriver.com> wrote:
> > On 2015-09-02 11:55 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Joe Slater <jslater at windriver.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Implements ifup and ifdown.
> >>>
> >>> Copied from https://github.com/WindRiver-OpenSourceLabs/meta-overc.git
> >>> as of commit aa89eebffe06e4aa04701eae9691cb3049cbaef9.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Joe Slater <jslater at windriver.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> I think this belongs to meta-networking. Also, what this one provides
> >> which is not provided by the busybox one?
> >
> > We're trying to make busybox optional for larger systems
> > that want to only use the full-featured/bloated packages.
> > It's not a large tax to carry busybox in a 50+ MB image but
> > it would be nice to not require it.
> 
> I see; I still think this belongs to meta-networking as it will allow
> this to be done however won't add new recipes in core.
> 
> If many people start to use this, we can move this to core.

To put this another way, I think it is probably reasonable that we
should be able to build an image from OE-Core with basic functionality
like networking without busybox?

Cheers,

Richard