From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QcdlW-0005XS-Vt for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:28:15 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2011 06:24:29 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,458,1304319600"; d="scan'208";a="20554927" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.255.17.121]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Jul 2011 06:24:28 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: Jeremy Puhlman Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:24:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-8-generic-pae; KDE/4.6.2; i686; ; ) References: <201105201745.29497.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> <4DD6A817.6050701@mvista.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD6A817.6050701@mvista.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201107011424.27821.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for remote layering. X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:28:15 -0000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jeremy Have looked at this further and I really think this needs to be a separate utility, but one still written in python using bitbake's infrastructure (like bitbake-layers). The advantages of this approach: 1) Avoids reworking bitbake's initialisation and avoids possible re-execution. A separate utility can take advantage of a full parse and utilise all of the user's configuration. 2) Fetching/updating layers should be (able to be) a conscious action rather than something that happens implicitly as part of the build process I'm trying to put something together that does this at the moment, with a view to there being components that allow integration with the content tools you posted earlier. Will keep you posted. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre