BitBake/GUI/WorkInProgress

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Intro

Note: raw unfiltered thoughts, please contact me before acting upon them.

Fix ASAP

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)

 - 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