>It is great to see so much interest in Hob: for a while we thought nobody >was using it!
I do see the potential for toaster as wel (Forgot to mention it). Yes I do see in the near future Hob being phased out in later releases. But for what it is right now, there are people using it, I really think it's a great idea to have something like hob for embedded systems espically the Hobbyist crowd. >A kernel configuration module for Toaster is something that we'd like to >see at some point. And the branding one I agree it would be great to have. >Feel free to open Bugzilla entries for both. Under what catagories would these two be filed under? >Contributions are very welcome! :) You can get involved in both >development and QA work. To get started, you can subscribe to the Toaster >mailing list: Sure I'll start looking over there. I'm pretty busy with my college schedule right now so I'm afraid I can't make it to the regular meetings. But thanks for the offer! :) >Hob is not meant to be like Suse Studios. Further more you are right about the >interface sucking >hard for certain things, I would recommend you start cleaning that up first >and then afterwards >move on to other areas of interest with YP. >Cheers Nick I see, will do. Cheers. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Barros Pena, Belen <belen.barros.p...@intel.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > On 11/11/2014 12:58, "Richard Schmitt" <richard.schm...@freescale.com> > wrote: > >>We also are looking to update Hob. > > It is great to see so much interest in Hob: for a while we thought nobody > was using it! But I should probably be clear about the project plans in > relation to Hob. The final goal is to replace it with Toaster. Hob is > still being maintained, but no new features are planned for it. > > You are of course free to take Hob and add to it if you feel that's the > tool that better suits your needs. However: > > * I cannot guarantee that Hob will be included in future releases of the > Yocto Project. > > * Having been very involved in both Hob and Toaster, I must say that > Toaster will be much more powerful, easier to extend with new features > like the ones you suggest below, and in general way nicer to use. > > I am not sure how much you know about the Toaster project, or if there is > anything in it that makes it unfit for your needs. But I would be happy to > have a chat about it all, answer any questions you may have, and demo it > if you'd like to see it. > >>In particular, adding kernel feature support. Branding would be nice >>too. > > A kernel configuration module for Toaster is something that we'd like to > see at some point. And the branding one I agree it would be great to have. > Feel free to open Bugzilla entries for both. > > Cheers > > Belén > >> >>Rich >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org >>[mailto:yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Barros Pena, Belen >>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 4:37 AM >>To: John Unland; yocto@yoctoproject.org >>Subject: Re: [yocto] Making Hob better. >> >>Hi John, >> >>Thanks for your feedback on Hob: I agree with everything you said. >> >>We are currently moving towards web-based interfaces for the Yocto >>Project tools, and are working on something called Toaster that >>eventually will do what Hob does. You can get more information on Toaster >>at >> >>https://www.yoctoproject.org/documentation/toaster-manual-17 >> >>On 10/11/2014 23:58, "John Unland" <opensourcejohn2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>Lastly, I would really love to help with development as well. >>> I >>>haven't really gotten into programming that much but I have worked with >>>the Fedora Server Special Interest Group doing QA for Alpha and Beta >>>release. So if anyone can put me in the right direction I can certainly >>>help YP out. >> >>Contributions are very welcome! :) You can get involved in both >>development and QA work. To get started, you can subscribe to the Toaster >>mailing list: >> >>https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/toaster >> >>You can have a look at the features we are currently working on in the >>Yocto Project Bugzilla instance >> >>http://goo.gl/KncliQ >> >>There is information on how to contribute at >> >>https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Contribute_to_Toaster >> >>We also have a weekly call that happens on Wednesdays at 4pm GMT. If you >>would like to join the call, let me know. >> >>All the best, >> >>Belén >> >> >>> >>>Thank you. >>>-- >>>_______________________________________________ >>>yocto mailing list >>>yocto@yoctoproject.org >>>https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >> >>-- >>_______________________________________________ >>yocto mailing list >>yocto@yoctoproject.org >>https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
