On 29/11/2015 21:33, "Paul Eggleton" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi Belen, > >On Friday 27 November 2015 11:03:45 Barros Pena, Belen wrote: >> On 27/11/2015 00:34, "[email protected] >>on >> behalf of Paul Eggleton" >><[email protected] >> on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >> >On Wednesday 25 November 2015 10:30:28 Patrick Ohly wrote: >> >> The initial implementation of YOCTO #8138 >> >> ("buildhistory-extra.bbclass: store more information about a build") >> >> had some issues ("kconfig" file not preserved) but more importantly, >> >> additional changes are needed to support also gathering information >> >> about native recipes. >> >> >> >> I am proposing to include only the "buildhistory.bbclass: support >> >> extending the content of the build history" patch into OE-core. >> >> >> >> The original buildhistory-extra.bbclass and the modifications made to >> >> it are included here merely to provide the context for that change >>and >> >> to publish the modifications. >> > >> >For others' reference, buildhistory-extra.bbclass was previously >>attached >> >to >> >https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8138 - I didn't and >> >wouldn't >> >propose introducing it into OE-Core in its current form because it's >>kind >> >of >> >turning buildhistory into something it wasn't designed for, though I >> >don't >> >disagree that it's useful. Happy to hear opinions from others on this >> >though. >> > >> >One aspect that will probably change in the future is how it picks up >>the >> >kernel configuration - for >> >https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5574 (which I hope to >> >get to >> >for 2.1, but no promises) we will need to write the kernel >>configuration >> >to the >> >sysroot so that we have somewhere we can look for it; if that's the >>case >> >there'll be no need to copy it specially in buildhistory-extra.bbclass. >> >> There seems to be a fair bit of work going on in build history, and >>also I >> think in builstats. Toaster uses both, so I wonder: >> >> 1. Will the changes affect Toaster in any way? > >As far as the discussion you're quoting above, no. As I mentioned, >buildhistory-extra.bbclass isn't intended to go into OE-Core. > >> 2. Is any of the additions to build history providing extra information >> that we should display in Toaster? > >At the moment buildhistory isn't exposed in Toaster beyond how it's being >used >to get information on packages and image contents. Independent of the >changes >in the above quoted discussion, you could start exposing buildhistory in >Toaster, but the problem is you need to choose which build to compare it >to, We should really do this at some point. We've had a feature open in Bugzilla for ages: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6840 Cheers Belén > >or you'll just get the last build which may not make sense in a Toaster >context. > >Cheers, >Paul > >-- > >Paul Eggleton >Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- _______________________________________________ toaster mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/toaster
