[oe] RFC: new stable release

[Shane Dixon]

On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 09:35 -0700, Tom Rini wrote:

> 
> I'd like to add Ubuntu 8.10.  Further, for each of these reference host
> configurations we need to say what's installed, preferably by meta
> packages (in Ubuntu's case, say ubuntu-minimal + ubuntu-standard) and
> specific packages ('gcc', 'g++', etc..).  And I too can help with the
> env.  FWIW, a chroot should be good enough for this..
> 

8.04 might be a better target for a "reference machine" because it's an
LTS release (although I personally use 8.10).  I think that the goal
should be solid support for the longest (within reason of course) amount
of time.  If I intend to write a document for a vendor explaining how to
use OE as a build environment for their code, the intent should be that
I don't have to re-write it again and again over the course of the next
year (Ubuntu releases every 6 months).  

I think that one of the greatest reasons for a good solid branch is that
documentation can truly be reliable because we're not aiming at a moving
target.

-- 
Shane Dixon
Linux Engineer
Atmel Corporation
Office: 719.540.1123
E-mail: shane.dixon at atmel.com