On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 3:18 PM Ross Burton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 30 Jul 2022, at 22:24, Vincent Davis Jr via lists.openembedded.org > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey again Ross sorry I know I already sent this meant to hit reply all. > > > > Meant to say for layers that contain recipes that clone different > implementations of VLC and want to allow the ability to select an > implementation. Would be nice to have PROVIDES = "virtual/vlc" here versus > multiple different layers providing bbappend files that add the PROVIDES > variable. > > > > Working in PR were we want to allow either upstream implementation of > VLC or raspberry pi distro implementation. > > > > https://github.com/agherzan/meta-raspberrypi/pull/985 > > I still don’t see the need: meta-raspberrypi’s vlc-rpi can PROVIDE vlc and > set PREFERRED_PROVIDER. > Right I think calling recipe something like Vic-raspberrypi.bb and using PREFERRED_PROVIDER is a good idea. This will let distros make the choice as they see fit > Ross > > > > >
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