On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 15:10 -0500, Christopher Friedt wrote: > Hi Harald, > > I don't mind updating the wiki where I see errors at all - as long as > I'm not stepping on someone else's feet by doing so. >
Please go ahead and update the pages they are suffering from bit rot > A couple of spots that I feel need some updating are: > > 1) http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenEmbedded > > ==> This page needs a bit of an overhaul, IMHO, and as this is a > fairly important tag or buzz-word, where a lot of traffic is > generated, people need to see the right instructions here to get > moving - quickly. However, because OpenEmbedded and BitBake are so > closely related, maybe it would be a good idea to redirect BitBake to > OpenEmbedded, and to have a separate page for BitBake Recipes, > documenting how to leverage OpenMoko / FSO's existing classes and > recipes for compatibility. I don't have any experience with the > application layer personally, so I would ask someone else to do the > BitBake Recipes page. > > ==> If people should not be synchronizing with Git.OpenMoko.Org then > maybe it's time to remove the reference on this page. If people are > interested in page history, the wiki actually keeps previous versions, > but I would suggest putting this reference into more of an 'Archives' > page somewhere else. Sure blow it away > > ==> @ Rod : What is the current status of MokoMakefile ? Does it take > into account the changes in the preferred repository? I really do > think that MokoMakefile is an important part of the process. This is > particularly true for application-level developers as opposed to > system-level developers, so I would vote to keep this. I would suggest > putting a reference to MokoMakefile right at the top of the > OpenEmbedded page, to more or less incite developers to use > MokoMakefile first before delving into OpenEmbedded. > > 2) http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/BitBake > > ==> This is the page that actually confused me at first. > > ==> Is it necessary to use OpenMoko's version of bitbake still ? The upstream version should be used. > ==> The section 'get openembedded tree' is wrong and needs to be > updated - I beg the person responsible for this page to consider > referring to a single, cenralized page like > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenEmbedded . It's not a good idea to > have condradicting OpenEmbedded instructions on the same site. > > It's probably a good idea to have OpenEmbedded instructions that are > aligned with MokoMakefile, so that directory structures and the like > are similar - including naming of development overlays. > This is less necessary but if you think it will ease the transition go ahead and structure it that way. > If nobody disagrees with my suggestions, then I will go ahead and > rewrite a portion of the Wiki ... I agree with most of your conclusions so please go ahead. It will save some of us ( probably me ) from having to do the edits. Thanks Angus _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
