From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R9ngB-0007b3-IW for bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:43:47 +0200 Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Sep 2011 17:38:17 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.68,470,1312182000"; d="scan'208";a="73112789" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.15.62]) ([10.255.15.62]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Sep 2011 17:38:17 -0700 From: Joshua Lock To: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:38:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: <33AB447FBD802F4E932063B962385B3512DAF448FC@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <4E85D3E0.7070807@intel.com> <1317397804.11645.7.camel@scimitar> <689D3FDE-CD3B-48CE-9426-AE59008C0609@dominion.thruhere.net> <33AB447FBD802F4E932063B962385B3512DAF448FC@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.3 (3.0.3-1.fc15) Message-ID: <1317429497.11645.33.camel@scimitar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [OE-core] Feedback on HOB (new image creator GUI) X-BeenThere: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:43:47 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 08:30 +0800, Yu, Ke wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Koen Kooi [mailto:koen@dominion.thruhere.net] > > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:33 AM > > To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer > > Cc: Yu, Ke; bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org; openembedded-core > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] Feedback on HOB (new image creator GUI) > > > > > > > > Op 30 sep. 2011 om 10:49 heeft Joshua Lock het > > volgende geschreven: > > > > > On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 08:36 -0600, Yu, Ke wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> As you may already know, a new GUI has been added to bitbake > > >> recently, i.e. HOB (Human Oriented Builder). > > > > > > It's not an acronym, it's just a name - Hob. > > > > > >> It is a graphical image creator that allows user to freely choose > > >> which packages to be built in the image. > > >> The wiki https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/BitBake/GUI/Hob has more > > >> detail. > > > > > > I'll be changing this page and adding more user-centric info in the > > > coming weeks. > > > > > >> This email is to collect your feedback on the HOB. Current HOB is our > > >> first version, and it surely has many place to improve. We has the > > >> plan to enhance it in Yocto 1.2. So we really hope that you can use > > >> it and provide your valuable feedback . We do think user's > > >> feedback/requirement is the right way to go. Looking forward your valuable > > input. > > >> > > >> Best Regards > > >> Ke > > >> > > >> Ps. The simple way to run hob is: > > >> # touch conf/hob-pre.conf conf/hob-post.conf # bitbake -u hob -r > > >> conf/hob-pre.conf -R conf/hob-post.conf > > > > > > In oe-core (and therefore Poky) we have a wrapper script so from an > > > oe-init-build-env'd build directory you can just call hob. > > > > > > The script will create the required configuration files with some > > > required values. > > > > Can we have it use local.conf by default please? I hate having to put the same > > info in multiple places > > Yes, this is valid. We should be able to use local.conf as pre and post > conf file, if they are not specified by user. Thanks for the input. I > will add it to my plan. I'm not sure we should promise that - the plan, per bug #1441 (and as alluded to earlier) is to have the configuration be independent of BitBake and persistent to the UI (i.e. hob configuration is the same even if I launch it from a clean build dir). This isn't a mandate but we should certainly weigh up the pro's and con's of either side before we propose which one to implement. http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1441 Cheers, Joshua -- Joshua Lock Yocto Project "Johannes factotum" Intel Open Source Technology Centre