[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 2/2] Add script to build common platforms.

[Conor O'Gorman]

On 03/06/16 13:27, Ben Greear wrote:
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> On 06/03/2016 02:17 AM, John Crispin wrote:
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>> On 01/06/2016 20:21, Ben Greear wrote:
>>> On 06/01/2016 11:07 AM, John Crispin wrote:
>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>
>>>> also inclined to reject this one. it will open up the pandoras box and
>>>> we will end up maintaining piles of diffconfig files. it would make
>>>> morse sense to document what the script does inside web.git as a 
>>>> "how to
>>>> build" or "getting started" page
>>>
>>> I do not have much history with LEDE/WRT, but is the diffconfig output
>>> really that fragile?
>>>
>>> I will be willing to maintain the x86-64 and probably Ventana
>>> diffconfigs, and even if it totally fails, you have not lost
>>> any functionality since the main infrastructure is unchanged.
>>
>> for how long and will all the other people submitting these files also
>> provide LTS ? normally activism fades after a few months. we can see
>> this will board support and package maintenance. i think this will be a
>> burden.
>
> Anything that makes it more easy for others to build images
> should help bring in more newbies faster, which might keep the
> activism going, especially for common platforms that will
> constantly be getting new hardware (like x86-64).
>
> Currently, a newbie with an x86-64 board is going to have a slow
> and frustrating time trying to get any sort of useful 'AP' built
> from LEDE.  I think I can help to fix that problem if you will
> let me.
>
> So, how about you accept a small number of diffconfig recipes, and the 
> buildme
> script, and then see how that works for a while.  I can update
> buildme.sh to grab a diffconfig from a URL (using curl, or something)
> and then folks wanting to provide out-of-tree diffconfigs need only
> put their config in a public place and tell users how to use it:
>
> ./buildme.sh -T http://my.funkyplatform.com/board1
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
This seems to duplicate the functionality of the sub-targets and 
profiles mechanism?