On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Wednesday 28 November 2012 15:27:58 Chris Larson wrote: > > Also, to comment on something tangentially related from a different thread, > > technically the PACKAGE_GROUP_ variables were the first to use the term as > > far as I'm aware. *tasks* were then renamed to use that name as well, which > > is where a bunch of the confusion probably got introduced. > > I did mention that: > > > PACKAGE_GROUP_* actually came first as a way to > > define items for IMAGE_FEATURES that map to one or more packages, and I'm > > not sure the name choice was a particularly good one - I wonder if it > > would be worth considering renaming it to something like > > IMAGE_FEATURE_PACKAGES in order to avoid confusion, although obviously > > every rename like this has a cost associated.
before i forgot all of this, i lashed together this wiki page for my own benefit so i'd have some examples to show students: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/OE_package_groups it's admittedly in rough form and could use some polishing but it will do for now. feedback? errors? on to the next topic ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
