BitBake/GUI/WorkInProgress
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Intro
Note: raw unfiltered thoughts, please contact me before acting upon them.
Fix ASAP
- Progress bar sits at 0% when using GUI's with none server http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868
 - Fix reset/build again
 
Before 1.? starts in earnest
- Investigate oetypes for listing configuration variables and suggesting appropriate values
 
- lib/oe/types.py and typecheck.bbclass - Talk to Jeff P re: his requirements
Phase One (Planned Features for Yocto 1.? M2)
- Optimise, we take ~3mins to load all the data
 - #770 "Add mechanism to enable UI's to request extra data be stored in the cache" http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770
 - Distro selector dropdown (easy)
 
- as per MACHINE dropdown, partially implemented
- Package format dropdown (difficult)
 
- cooker able to determine classes which are appropriate for the value - wrap with command - hook up to hob
- Image output type dropdown (difficult)
 
- cooker able to determine all possible values for a variable - wrap with command - hook up to hob
- Build development toolchain checkbox (easy)
 
- add meta-toolchain to task list
- Toolchain host combo (easy)
 
- like MACHINE, set SDKMACHINE from possible files in machine-sdk, partially implemented?
- Include development headers with toolchain (easy/medium)
 
- add dev-pkgs to IMAGE_FEATURES?
- Spinner to set BB_NUMBER_THREADS (easy)
 - Spinner to set PARALLEL_MAKE (easy)
 - Save/load previous configuration (medium)
 
- save will create a .bb file from which the created image can be reproduced - load will parse a bb file and set up the gui
- A search box which does basic find in the currently selected treeview's model (medium)
 
Phase Two (Bug fixes)
- Sorting in Packages (by Group) column changes when item selected (included value alters sort order)
 - hobhandler as a proxy to the server feels unclean
 - Enable changing sort order in tree views (A-Z | Z-A | ??) by clicking column header
 - Show some notification when doing long-running operations i.e. toggle a package with many DEPENDS and the UI blocks without feedback
 - Bitbake reports "ERROR: Nothing to do. Use 'bitbake world' to build everything, or run 'bitbake --help' for usage information." when exiting hob, need to allow UI's to configure whether this message is relevant or not
 - When cancelling build confirm before killing
 
Phase Three (Unplanned Extra featrues)
- Display and change IMAGE_FEATURES
 - Enable/Disable layers