[OE-core] [RFC][PATCH 0/6] development vs. production builds

[Patrick Ohly]

On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 09:35 +0200, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> This seems to assume that every project is similar and that develop vs 
> production is something well defined. Well, it's not.
> 
> I for one would welcome the demise of debug-tweaks. It's an option that 
> enforces one of two policies that may both be wrong.

If that's an option, then I'm also for it, and I don't mind dropping the
"debug-build" distro feature.

> While the "development/production" switch may be great for some projects, 
> it'll make things only more complicated for others while gaining nothing above 
> what we have now.

What about the approach I outlined in my reponse to Richard, where we
just introduce the IMAGE_MODE mechanism in OE-core without defining
specific modes? Would you find that useful?

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Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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