From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f176.google.com (mail-ob0-f176.google.com [209.85.214.176]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9269E00596 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obbuo19 with SMTP id uo19so1116289obb.35 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:organization :user-agent; bh=civFR0aWSPfbiJhVjjthqBiAl2EGDsYhgQzclsbqKgw=; b=aEqUMOfEwrpks9IjKJ8S71lQNOj5NLkj8ykMLT5I7GIos83qixTQSfnWDB2cde4LCJ fujQSz9H+b562GKjsWHgWXSL2XmksSlJWaZe+xNPeAwBBuXA3uUJlu/wpxH9nSwkjAjP 1KyS+mgvHfzAJdHINyP26XAZMivhxp6ece8YxeOEKPWCwnHOhte9u/vSC2usFEGee5+G tPRHLaVt193vr+2hqHqbjtzkf8heG90ijuienP1NjDQxVdfCuIc6VZM0IAuAxV8Y9AZ9 uBDnU78CI7A1ijCB59c5minfLOIVOlfp82GPdY2Ez/P+flnDL8Z+tcCS/9iCoGOAderK eLDg== Received: by 10.182.159.41 with SMTP id wz9mr230565obb.69.1333149250133; Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bill-the-cat (ip68-230-54-74.ph.ph.cox.net. [68.230.54.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id vp14sm8445812oeb.5.2012.03.30.16.14.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:10 -0700 From: Tom Rini To: Chris Larson Message-ID: <20120330231410.GB11451@bill-the-cat> References: <4F7608DC.1000402@windriver.com> <26C6B15B-4A12-453A-A146-C884A5040178@dominion.thruhere.net> <4F7614FE.5000107@windriver.com> <1333141865.18082.120.camel@ted> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Organization: Texas Instruments User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: "yocto@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: Moving angstrom under the yocto banner X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:14:10 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 04:09:37PM -0700, Chris Larson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Stewart, David C > wrote: > >>From: yocto-bounces@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- > >>bounces@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Richard Purdie > >>Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:11 PM > >> > >>The criteria I see for being part of the Yocto Project are: > >> > >>a) Sharing the project's objectives (e.g. making embedded Liunx > >> ?? development easier) > >>b) Willing to be part of the Yocto Project's governance structure > >>c) Bringing something new/beneficial to the Yocto Project (often with > >> ?? mutual benefit) > >>d) Have some kind of sustainable resource plan > > > > I would add: > > e) there should be interoperability with the other parts of the YP. > > > > Part of the benefit we're trying to create is that if someone invests in YP > > for their device, they should get benefit from the whole thing. ??If a board > > manufacturer creates a BSP for YP v1.2, there should be no doubt whatsoever > > that it will work with that system. ??Can anyone assure me that such a BSP > > would work under Angstrom? > > Given that an OE priority has *always* been that distro, machine, and > image are largely independent, orthogonal components, and generally > speaking one can combine any combination of the three and have at > least a good shot at functionality, I'd say that if such a BSP did not > work under Angstrom, that'd be a bug that we'd all agree would need to > be fixed. As far as I know, this priority and attribute of the system > still exists. This is also my understanding and expectation. -- Tom