On Thursday 29 November 2012 06:58:02 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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?
You're describing those things defined by PACKAGE_GROUP_* as package groups, which I would strongly advise against. I know the naming of PACKAGE_GROUP_* suggests that the two are part of the same thing but they really aren't. Most of this page apart from section 5 is actually talking about IMAGE_FEATURES and should be reworded as such if you want to reduce confusion rather than increasing it. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
