[oe] [PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf, collections.inc: Add COLLECTIONS mechanism w/ a sane default.

[Graeme Gregory]

Chris Larson wrote:
> Added code which takes a list of directories in COLLECTIONS, in priority
> order (highest to lowest), and uses those to populate BBFILES,
> BBFILE_COLLECTIONS, BBFILE_PATTERN_*, and BBFILE_PRIORITY_*.
>
> The default COLLECTIONS is based on BBPATH, so you can now specify a sane
> BBPATH, not bother setting up the collections variables or BBFILES, and
> still likely be able to do a build.
>
>   
I haven't had time to test the patch, but I really like the idea of
this. Also the archives part as well. This will make setup so much
easier for people wanting to overlay. And improve the ability for OE to
be shipped in setup scripts.

Graeme