On 02/26/2016 02:52 PM, Rudolf J Streif wrote: >>>> >>>> * We're about to try and transition meta-yocto within meta-yocto to >>>> >>>> meta-poky. The amount of pain this is causing is horrible :(. >>> >>> Thanks for doing this. Can you summarize the pain? Are there any >>> important lessons here? >> >> The key lesson is our current "migration" code in OE-Core sucks and I >> have some patches in progress which rewrite pieces of it in a way that >> makes it more useful. I'm therefore trying to make some positives from >> it. >> >> That said, I haven't found a way to make this work without leaving a >> dummy layer.conf in the old location since a missing layer.conf file is >> fatal to bitbake very early on before any migration code triggers. >> >> More should become clear when I post the patches, I've been holding off >> that until I actually manage a patch set that works on the >> autobuilder... >> >> Patches should be out over the weekend (in time for the freeze). > > Sounds like a lot of work and potential for breaking things with little added > value other than a more consistent naming. What was the rationale for making > the change, if I may ask?
Consistent naming :) It does it make it much easier to explain what the meta-yocto layer is for. This has been one source of a great deal of confusion about how all the pieces come together. I must admit, I'm surprised this is tricky. I look forward to seeing what needs doing. Hopefully, it shows me things I can avoid in my work. Philip > > Thanks, > :rjs > > -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
