RE: Lightning talk about ISAR

["Schmidt, Adriaan" <adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>]

Baurzhan Ismagulov, 10. Dezember 2021 12:36:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 12:23:32PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > > Now that avocado and sstate cache is in, if any other patches have
> priority,
> > > please give us a hint.
> >
> > IMHO: Stabilization patches so that 0.8-rc1 can be tagged and then 0.8.
> > After that, we should look into sbuild and other refactorings that are
> > pending.
> 
> Right, good point. We've already started checking what needs to be done and
> will post our suggestions.

I still have some follow-ups on the sstate-cache feature:
- Test case that was in the original patch series. This builds on a testsuite
  refactoring currently in discussion. Once that is settled I can rebase and
  resubmit.
- Documentation: I don't have it yet, but will propose something.

And on sstate-cache, but not quite ready:
- Maintenance script for analysis and cleanup of caches, which we're using
  in CI in our downstream project. IT supports persistent/shared caches
  on filesystems, HTTP (webdav) servers, and S3 buckets.
  Still work in progress, but could be a valuable utility for Isar.

Other work in progress to look forward to, which should then come after this release:
- Refactoring of the (un)mounting logic (was already on the list, mostly works,
  but finalizing/testing will be some more effort, and will probably have
  collisions with other work like sbuilder (?))
- Extending image types (IMAGE_FSTYPES) to support OE-style type dependencies
  and image conversions (not yet on the list). This could greatly improve the
  image building/combining experience, but will of course break some interfaces
  (esp. in downstream layers that have their own image types). Will try to
  post a preview soon.

Adriaan