On Wednesday 29 February 2012 10:50:30 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > just starting to go thru the thread regarding the QS guide and i > have to agree that there's probably too much lead-in when the people > reading the QS guide are probably competent enough to just want the > recipe, so it should be shorter.
Yes, I hadn't yet responded to that thread but I also agree. > having said that, i think there is a note that should be *added*, > and that's telling users how to add something like this to their > local.conf: > > PREMIRRORS_prepend = "\ > git://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n \ > svn://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n \ > cvs://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n \ > ftp://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n \ > http://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n \ > https://.*/.* file:///home/rpjday/dl/ \n" > > if people are showing up at yocto having worked with build systems > like OE and angstrom, they probably already have a sizable directory > of tarballs they can take advantage of, but the QS guide gives them no > advice on how to do that. Why wouldn't you just point your DL_DIR there? I just have one downloads directory I share between Poky (multiple build dirs) and OE/Angstrom. > i think a note on how to do that would be useful. experienced users > would immediately realize its value and take advantage of it, while > users without that kind of background would realize it doesn't apply > to them, skip it and carry on. > > thoughts? anyway, i'm about to do another pass thru the QS guide so > prepare for pedantry. I think this is beyond the scope of a quickstart. You could easily have a FAQ entry "can I share/re-use my downloads directory?" that would cover that for those who already have such a directory. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
