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

[Karl Palsson]

Conor O'Gorman <i at conorogorman.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/06/16 13:27, Ben Greear wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 06/03/2016 02:17 AM, John Crispin wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?


Also, image builder.
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