[Toaster] Toaster, buildstats and build history

[Barros Pena, Belen]

On 29/11/2015 21:33, "Paul Eggleton" <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:

>Hi Belen,
>
>On Friday 27 November 2015 11:03:45 Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>> On 27/11/2015 00:34, "openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
>>on
>> behalf of Paul Eggleton"
>><openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
>> on behalf of paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> >On Wednesday 25 November 2015 10:30:28 Patrick Ohly wrote:
>> >> The initial implementation of YOCTO #8138
>> >> ("buildhistory-extra.bbclass: store more information about a build")
>> >> had some issues ("kconfig" file not preserved) but more importantly,
>> >> additional changes are needed to support also gathering information
>> >> about native recipes.
>> >> 
>> >> I am proposing to include only the "buildhistory.bbclass: support
>> >> extending the content of the build history" patch into OE-core.
>> >> 
>> >> The original buildhistory-extra.bbclass and the modifications made to
>> >> it are included here merely to provide the context for that change
>>and
>> >> to publish the modifications.
>> >
>> >For others' reference, buildhistory-extra.bbclass was previously
>>attached
>> >to
>> >https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8138 - I didn't and
>> >wouldn't
>> >propose introducing it into OE-Core in its current form because it's
>>kind
>> >of
>> >turning buildhistory into something it wasn't designed for, though I
>> >don't
>> >disagree that it's useful. Happy to hear opinions from others on this
>> >though.
>> >
>> >One aspect that will probably change in the future is how it picks up
>>the
>> >kernel configuration - for
>> >https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5574 (which I hope to
>> >get to
>> >for 2.1, but no promises) we will need to write the kernel
>>configuration
>> >to the
>> >sysroot so that we have somewhere we can look for it; if that's the
>>case
>> >there'll be no need to copy it specially in buildhistory-extra.bbclass.
>>
>> There seems to be a fair bit of work going on in build history, and
>>also I
>> think in builstats. Toaster uses both, so I wonder:
>> 
>> 1. Will the changes affect Toaster in any way?
>
>As far as the discussion you're quoting above, no. As I mentioned,
>buildhistory-extra.bbclass isn't intended to go into OE-Core.
>
>> 2. Is any of the additions to build history providing extra information
>> that we should display in Toaster?
>
>At the moment buildhistory isn't exposed in Toaster beyond how it's being
>used 
>to get information on packages and image contents. Independent of the
>changes 
>in the above quoted discussion, you could start exposing buildhistory in
>Toaster, but the problem is you need to choose which build to compare it
>to,

We should really do this at some point. We've had a feature open in
Bugzilla for ages:

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6840

Cheers

Belén

> 
>or you'll just get the last build which may not make sense in a Toaster
>context.
>
>Cheers,
>Paul
>
>-- 
>
>Paul Eggleton
>Intel Open Source Technology Centre