[oe] [RFC] Make some big changes right after next stable

[Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]

Am Mittwoch, den 03.03.2010, 09:30 -0700 schrieb Tom Rini:
> As many people know, there's a lot of "odd" internal things that OE
> does, that if we had it to do over, we would do differently.  What I
> would like to propose is that in time for the next stable branch we:
> 1: Define a set of DISTROs/MACHINEs/build targets that need to stay
> working
> 2: In a separate branch (per big change), get one of these big, going to
> leave some stuff broken changes
> 3: Define / document what needs to be done before these branches can be
> merged back (something like #1 is working still, and if applicable a
> guide to the common problems/how to fix people are going to run into).
> 
> What I'm getting at is that this would let us do things like rework the
> "this is where we place things that we build other recipes with" concept
> so that sysroot just works (and otherwise makes more sense again).  Or
> "let us have more consistency in build with compared to what could end
> up on device".  And so on.
> 
> What do people think?  And what would people work on?

I think that's a very good idea. Phil wanted to branch off a new stable
branch lately, so we can coordinate the right point of time with him.

I'd revamp EFL packaging, which is somewhat inflexible, and take a look
at bringing the Python recipes up to par.

Cheers,

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