Re: [PATCH v2] meta/classes: generate bill of material from image

[Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 12:00:22PM +0200, Gernot Hillier wrote:
> Am 07.08.19 um 10:29 schrieb Gernot Hillier:
> > > We don't need an additional dependency in isar. But if you like to
> > > use json in a shell script, jq might be the way to go.
> > 
> > The main use case for such manifests is decoupled from the build
> > process, i.e. far away from Isar and probably even using such strange
> > platforms like Windows. Think about clearing personnel who wants to
> > postprocess such lists in their MS Office world
> 
> And another important point I forgot: those manifests should be easy to
> create on targets/VMs without Isar or any other additional tool.
> 
> We will continue to have Debian images which were not created with Isar and
> we can also safely assume that some development teams will manually modify
> Isar images later on.
> 
> So we need some format which can be easily created using a simple shell
> command which works on virtually any Debian image.

I second Gernot's both points. If Isar already implements it differently, I
wouldn't necessarily block the patch since it adds value today, but I think
simple Yocto-like format and standalone generation is the right direction to
go. Other formats could be e.g. optional or additional.

With kind regards,
Baurzhan.