[OE-core] [Openembedded-architecture] LAYERSERIES

[Scott Rifenbark]

Thanks Richard....

https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.5/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-LAYERSERIES_COMPAT

Scott

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2018-04-06 at 11:16 -0700, Scott Rifenbark wrote:
> > We have this variable appearing in a couple manuals BTW.  If anyone
> > has any feedback on what is being said here I can update.
>
> Some small suggested tweaks:
>
> "Using the LAYERSERIES_COMPAT variable makes it clear when a given
> layer is unmaintained and untested with new releases of OE-Core. "
> ->
> "Using the LAYERSERIES_COMPAT variable allows the layer maintainer to
> indicate which combinations of the layer and OE-Core may be expected to
> work. It gives the system a way to detect when a layer has not been
> tested with new releases of OE-Core, for example if it had become
> unmaintained."
>
> "The OpenEmbedded build system, however, does not produce an error if
> the variable is not set."
> ->
> "The OpenEmbedded build system will warn if the variable is not set for
> any given layer"
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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