[yocto-ab] Fwd: Advisory Board Ballot: Yocto Project Compatible Registration

[Philip Balister]

Yes from OpenEmbedded

On 04/22/2016 04:23 PM, Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote:
> Hi folks - please vote yes/no on YP Compatible status for mender.io,
> an automated OTA update technology for embedded systems. They are
> strong supporters and participants in the Yocto Project, and they are
> an open source project, which gives them access to YP Compatible.
> (Several of us met them in person at ELC this year, they are awesome
> and I recommend a yes vote)
> 
> thanks
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Yocto Project <webmaster at yoctoproject.org>
> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 1:08 PM
> Subject: Advisory Board Ballot: Yocto Project Compatible Registration
> To: jefro at jefro.net
> 
> 
> Submitted on Friday, April 22, 2016 - 13:08
> Submitted by anonymous user: [162.217.75.74]
> Submitted values are:
> 
>    --Contact information--
>      Organization: Mender
>      Project name: Mender
>      Contact name: Eystein Stenberg
>      Contact email address: eystein at mender.io
>      URL to organization or product link: https://mender.io
>      Registration date: 2016-04-22
>      Compliance Agreement revision: 1.0
>      Yocto Project Compatible Version: 2.0
> 
> 
> Acceptance Criteria:
>   - Working towards and supporting the aims and objectives of the Yocto
> Project. These include decreasing the fragmentation of embedded ecosystem and
> focus around a common shared set of tools, formats and best practices. We
> want to avoid multiple groups of people repeating the same work and have one
> set of great tools rather than multiple tools with drawbacks.: Yes
>   - Promoting the OpenEmbedded architecture, layer model, and BSP format.:Yes
>   - Making visible contributions in the OpenEmbedded and component projectsof
> the Yocto Project. Please describe your participation in the comments section
> below.: Yes
>   - Are all your publicly accessible layers listed in the OpenEmbedded Layers
> index (http://layers.openembedded.org)?: Yes
>   - Be a non-profit, or member of the Yocto Project working group, regardless
> of organization size, or if the project's parent organization is an
> open-source project.: Yes
>   - If the project includes build system functionality, are BitBake and
> OpenEmbedded-Core included as components?: Yes
>   - If present, can the directories containing BitBake and OpenEmbedded-Core
> be clearly identified within the system and only contain those components?:
> Yes
>   - Have all patches applied to BitBake and OpenEmbedded-Core (if present)
> been submitted to the open source community?: Yes
>   - Do all layers contain a README file which details the origin of thelayer,
> its maintainer, where to submit changes, and any dependencies or version
> requirements?: Yes
>   - Do all layers build without errors against OpenEmbedded-Core with onlythe
> dependencies/requirements listed in their README file?: Yes
>   - (For BSPs) Does the layer follow the format defined in the Yocto Project
> Board Support Package (BSP) Developers Guide?: Yes
>   - Are hardware support, configuration (distro) policy, and recipe metadata
> separated into different layers which do not depend on each other?: Yes
>   - Is a test report document included showing which combinations of layers,
> recipes, and machines have been tested?: Yes
>   - If any item in the "Yocto Project Compatible Compliance Recommendations"
> list is not true, is this documented in the testing report?: Yes
> Recommendations:
>   - Linux kernels are either based around LTSI kernel versions or a Yocto
> Project kernel version.: Yes
>   - Everything builds successfully with the standard toolchain from OE-Core,
> where the architecture is one supported by OE-Core as standard. This is to
> ensure that your layers are compatible with OE-Core. It is not required that
> the OE-Core toolchain be provided to customers or any downstream projects.:
> Yes
> Explanation:
> We participate in email discussions on the Yocto project mailing list on how
> to best integrate updating functionality. We also write blog posts to share
> our findings, for example https://www.mender.io/blog/build-info-yocto-2
> 
> Mender is an open source project under the Apache License Version 2. Sources
> can be found at https://github.com/mendersoftware
> 
> 
> The results of this submission may be viewed at:
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/node/351547/submission/240
> 
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