[OE-core] possible content for site.conf?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Mark Hatle wrote:

> On 3/22/17 7:02 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Burton, Ross wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 22 March 2017 at 10:51, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >>         from site.conf.sample, the obvious content is things like:
> >>
> >>       * download dir
> >>       * reference to local (in-house) source mirror
> >>       * http proxies/fetching configuration
> >>
> >>       and so on. any other things people throw into site.conf i can just add
> >>       to a list so readers can understand what that file is truly designed
> >>       for?
> >>
> >>
> >> That's pretty much the expected use.
> >
> >   i thought so ... i wracked my brain trying to think what else
> > belonged in there, and that's all i came up with. thanks.
>
> I have seen people do some blacklist entries here (or preferred
> version) when they have a company policy not to use certain
> software.  (Similarly a site wide PACKAGECONFIG to disable a feature
> that isn't allowed.)

  ah, yes, good points, thanks.

rday

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