Re: [PATCH 15/16] meta: add dpkg-bin class

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2017-08-02 14:31, [ext] Henning Schild wrote:
> Am Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:11:47 +0300
> schrieb Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>:
> 
>> Hi colleagues,
>>
>> from the patch description it's not clear what this patch stays for,
>> seems that I'm out of you communcation loop. Could you please
>> annotate the patches with more detailed description, at least with
>> the following information:
>>  - Change proposal
> 
> This patch introduces a way to turn any file-collection into a debian
> package on the fly.
> It further enables executing scripts in the rootfs for configuration
> purposes.
> It allows recipes to pull in debian packages as deps, allowing the
> creation of "meta-packages" (empty packages which just carry deps)
> 
>>  - Why this change is needed. It's not about arguments to push your
>> change, it's more about your ideas and motivation. That's the most
>> imporant information which is missed.
> 
> Customization of the image.
> Configuration of the rootfs on a per package basis.
> dep installation on a per package basis.
> no IMAGE_PREINSTALL += in image.bb anymore, just IMAGE_INSTALL and the
> packages take care of pulling their deps.
> 
> eventually replace the configure.sh with packages that
>  - replace fstab
>  - set rootpw ...
> 
> 
>>  - Change impact to Isar, who will be affected
> 
> Improve Isar and enable better customization using Debian-tooling, for
> everyone ;).
> 

Yeah! :D

Jan

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