[oe] RFC: DISTRO_FEED_CONFIGS

[Koen Kooi]

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Rod Whitby schreef:
> I would like to propose a new standard OE variable called
> DISTRO_FEED_CONFIGS which is a list of packages to be installed in a
> rootfs to enable the corresponding DISTRO_PACKAGE_MANAGER to actually
> access the feeds associated with the distro.  A distro which did not
> have feed config packages could leave it as the default empty string and
> remain unchanged in the face of this RFC.
> 
> This variable would be set in the respective distro.conf, along with
> DISTRO_PACKAGE_MANAGER.  It would initially be used in base-image.bb
> (see that file for an example of use), and then elsewhere as desired.
> 
> For example, in Angstrom, it would replace the existing
> ANGSTROM_FEED_CONFIGS variable.

+1 from me.

As a side note: this won't touch how the FEED_URIs for static feeds are
used, but will only affect distros that want to put them under
package-management.

regards,

Koen

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