Conor O'Gorman <i...@conorogorman.net> wrote: > > > On 03/06/16 13:27, Ben Greear wrote: > > > > > > On 06/03/2016 02:17 AM, John Crispin wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 01/06/2016 20:21, Ben Greear wrote: > >>> On 06/01/2016 11:07 AM, John Crispin wrote: > >>>> Hi Ben, > >>>> > >>>> also inclined to reject this one. it will open up the pandoras box and > >>>> we will end up maintaining piles of diffconfig files. it would make > >>>> morse sense to document what the script does inside web.git as a > >>>> "how to > >>>> build" or "getting started" page > >>> > >>> I do not have much history with LEDE/WRT, but is the diffconfig output > >>> really that fragile? > >>> > >>> I will be willing to maintain the x86-64 and probably Ventana > >>> diffconfigs, and even if it totally fails, you have not lost > >>> any functionality since the main infrastructure is unchanged. > >> > >> for how long and will all the other people submitting these files also > >> provide LTS ? normally activism fades after a few months. we can see > >> this will board support and package maintenance. i think this will be a > >> burden. > > > > Anything that makes it more easy for others to build images > > should help bring in more newbies faster, which might keep the > > activism going, especially for common platforms that will > > constantly be getting new hardware (like x86-64). > > > > Currently, a newbie with an x86-64 board is going to have a slow > > and frustrating time trying to get any sort of useful 'AP' built > > from LEDE. I think I can help to fix that problem if you will > > let me. > > > > So, how about you accept a small number of diffconfig recipes, and the > > buildme > > script, and then see how that works for a while. I can update > > buildme.sh to grab a diffconfig from a URL (using curl, or something) > > and then folks wanting to provide out-of-tree diffconfigs need only > > put their config in a public place and tell users how to use it: > > > > ./buildme.sh -T http://my.funkyplatform.com/board1 > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > This seems to duplicate the functionality of the sub-targets > and profiles mechanism?
Also, image builder.
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