[poky] Distro policy ?

[Chris Larson]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Saul Wold <saul.wold at intel.com> wrote:
>> So, from the policy side I think we should go with our own layer.
>> On the technical side I'm disappointed with this 'include' problem: I
>> find it rather impractical to copy things we don't want to change and
>> just want to use from one layer to another and then having to keep
>> these in sync with mainline.

There's no reason you should have to copy unmodified files from one
layer to another, ever.  Configuration files are found via BBPATH when
they're referenced via a relative path, and file:// files via
FILESPATH are easily dealt with as well.  The only time you should
have to copy is if you have a need to modify them, particularly as
there's no "bbappend" that corresponds to recipe .inc files.  Is there
a particular case you're thinking of here?
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Christopher Larson
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