[Toaster] Design - the All layers page

[Barros Pena, Belen]

On 24/07/2014 07:17, "Reyna, David" <david.reyna at windriver.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If the "source" value is not already defined I propose that we define an
>optional one that Toaster can use if present. I am sure Alex already has
>a heuristic for existing YP layers so no changes there. This is to help
>the mass of 2nd and 3rd party plus customer layers where "imported" is
>too broad a category.

Sorry, I am not sure I follow. Imported layers are only those manually
imported by "regular" Toaster users. Layer sources are created by the
person setting up the Toaster instance, and should be given a proper,
meaningful name. I would expect second and third party layers to be set up
as layer sources (with their own source names). Customers might decide to
set up their layers as a layer source (if they have many), or ask
developers to import them manually (if they have only a couple of them).

When would be this "optional" source value be used? Would it be selected
by "regular" users?

Thanks!

Belén

>
>David
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:57 AM, "Barros Pena, Belen"
>><belen.barros.pena at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 23/07/2014 06:29, "Reyna, David" <david.reyna at windriver.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Belén,
>>>
>>> I had a chance to look over your excellent design document. It is as
>>> usual very complete, detailed, consistent, and easy to use.
>>>
>>> I had a quick question. How does the tool know the "Source" of a layer?
>>
>>> Specifically:
>>>
>>> * I do not recall this value in "conf/layers.conf". How does a layer
>>> provider set that value?
>>
>> This is one for Alex: I am not sure how he is planning to organise these
>> tables.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> * I would presume that second party layer providers (e.g. "wrlinux" or
>>> "timesys") would have those respective values as their layer's
>>>"Source".
>>
>> Indeed: the process of setting up a layer source should include giving
>>it
>> a name. The name is exposed to users, so it should be something
>>meaningful.
>>
>>>
>>> * I presume that the Source filter tool would have an automatic entry
>>> for each unique Source value found in that build, so nothing hard coded
>>> nor limited.
>>
>> Yes again :) There should be a filter per layer source set up in the
>> Toaster instance.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Belén
>>
>>>
>>> - David
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: toaster-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:toaster-
>>>> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Barros Pena, Belen
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:50 AM
>>>> To: toaster at yoctoproject.org
>>>> Subject: [Toaster] Design - the All layers page
>>>>
>>>> This is the page where you can see all the layers compatible with your
>>>> selected Yocto Project version
>>>>
>>>> http://www.yoctoproject.org/toaster/all-layers.html
>>>>
>>>> Design document attached to Bugzilla entry 6232
>>>>
>>>> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6232
>>>>
>>>> It's called: "Design - 1.2 All layers"
>>>>
>>>> Belén
>>>>
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