OEDAM 2016

Location and Time

Friday April 8 2016 (after ELC [Apr 4-6] and Yocto Project Developer Day [Apr 7])

Attendees

Armin Kuster (Armpit)
Behan Webster (behanw)
Denys Dmytriyenko (denix)
Jan-Simon Möller (dl9pf)
Philip Balister (Crofton|work)
Sean Hudson (darknighte)
Tim Orling (Moto-timo)
Trevor Woerner
Tom King (ka6sox)
Mark Hatle (fray)

Agenda Items

• Review items from last meeting in Dublin (Please add remarks)

BSPs & Layer Index

• oe driving toward machine readable files, can also drive from layer

test (yp compat) side - KK

• publicize defs of each list? discuss on members list - where to

overall architecture discussions belong

• TSC to add new mailing list specifically about project

architecture, no patches, and determine list name

• KK bring discussion to new mailing list

BSP standards - standards exist,coming soon are methods for comparing

a given layer with the standard

• need wiki documentation for TSC to ratify
• document distro vs. machine policies, other best practices

BSP layer availability

• encourage board vendors to provide a BSP, make it easier to do so
• ask yp ab to talk to linux.com [PB] - community issue
• look at digi manual (i.e. "just add bsp changes in local.conf")

meta-yocto to meta-poky

• RP to take action on the YP side, possibly not for 2.0
• formalize lowercase as mandatory requirement for overrides, look

for other options in the future

Layer Index feature requests discussed with layer index build feedback>>

• ask for cycles from employers to work on these issues
• make people aware, help with triage, provide resources

Security

• need a method for tracking CVs

Systemd

complaints: more package config, comments; look at packaging to have minimal systemd even with options available

• need someone with time available to work on it
• need to get systemd feedback, people using systemd talk to package maintainer
• file systemctl wrapper bug

Advocacy

• board to discuss advocacy/community, invite jefro to meetings

Potential OE Day at ELCE next year

• board: do a proper cfp