[oe] Improve consistency with bittest content checker + sanitize.py

Koen Kooi koen at dominion.kabel.utwente.nl
Wed Sep 13 19:53:31 UTC 2006


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cyril Romain schreef:
> Following the advice of Holger, I integrated the sanitize.py script into 
> the bittest content checker module (at least locally on my machine).
> As a reminder:
> - bittest is a test suite for bitbake (see the "Bittest advertisement" 
> mail). Bittest comes with a "content checker" module able to check the 
> *content* of bitbake recipes (the variables and routines used, if theirs 
> content is correct and not deprecated, etc.) .
> - sanitize.py is aimed to check the *form* of one bitbake recipe, 
> according to the rules specified in the format and style guide: 
> http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/StyleGuide.
> 
> So I think the two complement each other and now provide a "form and 
> content" checker for bitbake recipes, a valuable tool to improve the 
> metadata consistency.

I'd like to point out that the-script-formerly-known-as-sanitize.py checks for *OE* styles
 and *OE* vars, instead of being a generic tool to check bitbake recipes. What I don't
know is where the border between 'bitbake' and 'OE' lies, but bittest is starting to look
like OEtest :)

regards,

Koen
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