[oe] [OE-core] [PATCH] bitbake.conf: Default DISTRO to nodistro

[Martin Jansa]

I don't feel strongly about this, but I have heard people say "distroless"
and I'm using the same when refering to default oe-core setup.


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2013-11-08 at 10:33 +0100, Andrea Adami wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com>
> wrote:
> > > On 7 November 2013 23:18, Richard Purdie
> > > <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >> +DISTRO ??= "nodistro"
> > >
> > > Wouldn't "oe-core" be a better name, considering that's what
> > > DISTROVERSION becomes if DISTRO is unset?
> > >
> > > Ross
> >
> >
> > Agreed, we already have DISTRO_VERSION = "oe-core.0"
> > This sounds also the right name for THE default distro.
>
> I disagree and I feel quite strongly about this. OE-Core is not a
> distro. The whole idea was that OE-Core should build with sane defaults
> without any distro set. This is a dummy placeholder value and it really
> does mean to say that no distro is set.
>
> We did put a value into the DISTRO_VERSION field so you could tell what
> was being used but again its a placeholder.
>
> So in my view "nodistro" is clearer about what is meant.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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