From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-GM-THRID: 6721684426774806528 X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:1707:: with SMTP id y7mr2532191edu.223.1565081230078; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:47:10 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: isar-users@googlegroups.com Received: by 2002:a50:aeee:: with SMTP id f43ls22633929edd.15.gmail; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:47:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwSc5gei6hJgsU3GQLAeuSpOBSRWw6TSH8n51tZ/dePGlmjSKg2NRHb84nYe4s/Lmg98KFu X-Received: by 2002:aa7:d781:: with SMTP id s1mr2625983edq.20.1565081229735; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:47:09 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1565081229; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=YcVNGpHMEcqCXhyTjFbdBEJI8FFs1QznwH4eg3V89yL042ShDbITwhO8j+3rmvUPuv 0ft8gQPRYgXW6zodNDfenOty7z3gZOTaJtdaQ/3FoIAMASoW4xfrqkPrTlLD/XZtgFRO rn8rKeNNLFCkX0vzOiQK07yJawRzYqOxdI+THJQ5eZnZs9dtU6crGZdhgrGW1k3Fn/EA AgyeRkmz7eZ2wprlRYCiIRQyTkUSxPAaWS64imu9VZzeMMnP/XUTIFoWJHZ8DFDfFS4G 8GIAlYeiuUDGKItGHdnlDg4hIU8Jif3TWgSToP+tDgSPwiXV26tWK1dsH+R6Xu8mUvKP mARg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-language:in-reply-to:mime-version :user-agent:date:message-id:from:references:to:subject; bh=fDL+lR0c67LKEuM6Y4IMFJF4nXSzY62LsA12cZNH22c=; b=eKZPsN2NwnwE0TItjXJ79zDTFg5YmFVr5aN2Unwy0Oq0aZTuXHcfMie90NoHjMEcgY vbJxGrZfEwCPmNg468iJwyWNBECiRc8CND5rr3PbzbhC7lnzlMgYKmy4q7BtQL19Dd89 RGL/rNr74i+Vk8gxf/01s9+qkQPQQcaEJeQsJAvx5LeAjLj7M0EMCkqhz1rOzS2zITau m0tUnf+q2Vrnp6/H9+2/GhJsC07YYl5bsnvAw6CY9ise+7X+mISWv/3Mz/aHFV4GJ/Av FGcOkKkuRF3m2s3rr0Bh72zR9IOrgQXmci4L1Jw/H+lIvC7VIh+nZsXG4X6hX65JC5Dc dpkw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com designates 192.35.17.2 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=siemens.com Return-Path: Received: from thoth.sbs.de (thoth.sbs.de. [192.35.17.2]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a41si5003776edc.5.2019.08.06.01.47.09 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com designates 192.35.17.2 as permitted sender) client-ip=192.35.17.2; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com designates 192.35.17.2 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=siemens.com Received: from mail1.sbs.de (mail1.sbs.de [192.129.41.35]) by thoth.sbs.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x768l9fX030761 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 10:47:09 +0200 Received: from [139.25.69.208] (linux-ses-ext02.ppmd.siemens.net [139.25.69.208]) by mail1.sbs.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x768l9uD004257 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2019 10:47:09 +0200 Subject: Re: [PATCH] meta/classes: generate bill of material from image To: isar-users@googlegroups.com References: <20190805140742.11479-1-Quirin.Gylstorff@siemens.com> <20190806083626.GJ32438@yssyq.m.ilbers.de> From: Claudius Heine Message-ID: <9df0feac-4377-c808-cc65-c7b5e41d08fb@siemens.com> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 10:47:09 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190806083626.GJ32438@yssyq.m.ilbers.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TUID: jYXttbig9eIG Hi Baurzahn, On 06/08/2019 10.36, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote: > Hello Claudius, > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 10:07:03AM +0200, Claudius Heine wrote: >> I don't like all those boolean values and tried to establish a better method >> using features. > > A general question here: What are the advantages of using features compared to > boolean variables? - easier to document and structure - easier to look up in bitbake -e - easier to use in in-line python with bb.utils.contains - more in-line with the IMAGE_FEATURES, DISTRO_FEATURES, etc. of OE/YP. > Do you know why they have been introduced? Boolean variable? Probably because they were introduced because they are quick and dirty. kind regards, Claudius -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-54 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: ch@denx.de