[OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-16 Thread Peter Kjellerstedt
Background: Back in September, Richard made a commit to linux-libc-headers.inc describing why one should not fork the linux-libc-headers recipe: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=babbf7a46acaefd9b36031483cafce053f607e66 As a result I created a local bbclass for our layer

Re: [OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-16 Thread Bruce Ashfield
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > Background: Back in September, Richard made a commit to > linux-libc-headers.inc describing why one should not fork the > linux-libc-headers recipe: > > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=babbf7a46acaefd9b36031483c

Re: [OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-16 Thread Koen Kooi
Op 16 jan. 2014, om 14:58 heeft Peter Kjellerstedt het volgende geschreven: > Background: Back in September, Richard made a commit to > linux-libc-headers.inc describing why one should not fork the > linux-libc-headers recipe: > > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=bab

Re: [OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-16 Thread Phil Blundell
On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 14:58 +0100, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > So, here I am now. I do not know who else use the > do_make_scripts() function from module-base.bbclass and in what > way, and whether restructuring the functionality into the new > kernel-scripts.bbclass without maintaining backward

Re: [OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-17 Thread Peter Kjellerstedt
lass). > > However, there is nothing besides module.bbclass in OE Core > > and meta-oe that use the module-base.bbclass. > > Can't do_make_script run as an sstate post function? I think that is exactly what the reverted change Bruce mentions below did. > regards, > > K

Re: [OE-core] RFC: Maintain backwards compatibility or not for module-base.bbclass

2014-01-17 Thread Bruce Ashfield
.. not so much (but I'm stating what we all know). So in the end, the question is the extra class "clutter" versus compatibility. I lean towards the extra class with the compatibility maintained .. but I'm not adamant about the issue :) Cheers, Bruce > >> Cheers, >> >> B