[oe] Getting Started -Makefile

[Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]

Rod Whitby wrote:
> Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
>>    Why not default? Well, because what make builds is usually ones to
>> tens of megabytes, while bitbake builds tens to hundreds gigabytes.
>> Those who're brave to undertake such endeavour, are expected to get
>> some understanding of what they're going to be thru by learning and
>> doing some setup with their own hands.

> And therein lies the rub.  The reason why the Makefiles came about is
> because there is a large number of distribution users who are forced to
> use OE (cause it is the only way to develop applications for or build
> custom images for a certain platform), but they have *no* interest in
> understanding how to build tens to hundreds of gigabytes of stuff with
> bitbake.  They are application developers and image customisers, not
> distribution developers.

Guilty as charged. Lets try not to force these people to use OE -- we
can do this by releasing prebuilt toolchains. I'm going to start with
releasing an OpenMoko toolchain next week.

Regards,

:M:
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