[oe] [beagleboard] Re: Beagle actions for Rev C validation software image

[Koen Kooi]

On 27-01-09 22:02, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:19:36PM -0600, Jason Kridner wrote:
>> Adding oe-dev mailing list...
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Dmytriyenko, Denys<denys at ti.com>  wrote:
>>>>> It's a bit sad that we're going to miss out on NEON and vo_omapfb by
>>>>> going armv5te :(
>>>> Koen,
>>>> I am rebuilding 'mplayer' now with 'MACHINE=beagleboard bitbake mplayer',
>>>> so that concern should go away.  It shouldn't matter much about this
>>>> mplayer, since it should only be used to test the hardware.
>>>> Can you consider inclusion of:
>>>> mplayer and FFmpeg dependency changes:
>>>> http://www.beagleboard.org/gitweb/?p=arago-oe.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b53219005c8daa95bcff40742d7c807bda17eca
>>> Hmm, I like these curl-inspired *_FEATURES handlers. The only problem with
>>> those is they won't trigger automatic rebuild when the featureset in the
>>> variable changes - don't forget to run bitbake -c rebuild manually...
>> Can I get a few comments on [1]?  I found there is also a dependency
>> in libtheora on x11 that doesn't seem necessary.  I find this very
>> useful to avoid making a new recipe.  Anyone have ideas to address
>> Denys' concern about needing to issue 'bitbake -c rebuild'?
>>
>> [1] http://www.beagleboard.org/gitweb/?p=arago-oe.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b53219005c8daa95bcff40742d7c807bda17eca
>
> For some reason Koen's reply never made it to the oe-dev list... Sorry for
> copying it here to continue the discussion.
>
> Koen said:
>> I'm against adding such 'USE flags' to OE, they basically make QA impossible.
>> If people want a different mplayer, they are free to make an 'mplayer-nox' or
>> 'mplayer-nosdl' recipe to fill their needs.
>
> But on the other hand it would make overlays, such as Arago, as well as OE
> itself, much cleaner and reduce the recipe creep.
>
> As of the rebuild issue when featureset in the variable changes, I was
> thinking about storing a hash of variable's value, in addition to the
> standard version and revision numbers, should trigger an automatic rebuild.
> Similar to bumping up a PR, but without modifying the recipe. Any thoughts?

I'm concerned with mplayer_1.0_armv7a.ipk not being the same as 
mplayer_1.0_armv7a.ipk, which is what USE flags do.

regards,

Koen