2012/1/26 Martin Jansa <[email protected]> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 06:33:13PM +0100, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > > I like the idea of putting toolchains in a layer. > > > > Wrt DP = -1: > > I feel if a recipe needs DP = -1 it is not good enough to be added to > > meta-oe. Probably it is more something for an unstable layer. > > (and DP = -1 encourages the growth of deadwood; I still recall in OE that > > there were some recipes that had the last 3 or 4 versions all with DP = > -1; > > let's try to avoid this in oe-core/meta-oe) > > I'm not proposing to stash multiple versions of same recipe with D_P in > same layer. > > What I'm missing is use-case when for example with libsoup-2.4 I'm > adding unstable version, because actually webkit-efl has random runtime > crashes with stable version, but works better with unstable one. > > So I want to be able to add recipe with D_P = -1 which would say, that > this recipe is not used unless someone really wants and adds P_V to his > layer to get it (I guess people using browsers based on webkit-efl). > > But right now it will pick this unstable version from meta-oe by default > and you have to add P_V for that stable version in oe-core (and keep it > up2date as long as stable version in oe-core is updated). > > And I guess the same use-case D_P should be used for all "not so well > tested" or "deprecated" recipes in meta-oe or any other layer. > > Even if there is meta-deprecated layer.. I guess nobody would prefer all > deprecated recipes, but just some of them (ideally by pinning them with > P_V). > > > HI Martin,
I understand your reasoning. My main concerns are: - you might end up with lots of versions and no one knows that is actually used (so it is difficult to clean it). We saw this in oe classic - generally the reasons why a recipe has DP -1 are unclear. How would Joe Average know that if he is using webkit-efl he is better off using this new libsoup recipe? - and if a recipe is not well enough tested it should probably not end up in meta-oe anyway (but better e.g. in meta-oe-next or meta-oe-new or whatever you want to call the super bleeding edge version) Best regards, Frans. _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
