Re: [poky] [PATCH 2/2] meta-poky/conf/templates/default/conf-description.txt: add a template description

Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 at 21:10, Peter Kjellerstedt
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > conf-notes.txt would contain lengthy instructions/notes for how to use
> > the template and would be shown when you actually set up a build
> > directory (this is already happening now), conf-description.txt has a
> > single sentence saying what it is for, and shown before/during
> > selection of the template.
> Well, your distinction between "notes" and "description" and that the
> latter is expected to be a oneliner is not obvious from their names.
> Though, in the end, I guess it is all down to documentation...

There's also how the tools are handling them. 'bitbake-layers
save-build-conf' would write the following into the files:

https://patchwork.yoctoproject.org/project/oe-core/patch/[email protected]/

Description would be then shown on template selection and both
description and notes when initializing a build from it. Between all
that users should be able to figure out what needs to go where.

Alex
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