[yocto-ab] YP Advisory Board: BSPs, YP Compatible, and the new website

[akuster]

On 11/08/2017 04:56 PM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:
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> We’ll have to hear from RP, but I believe the script currently only
> checks BSP layers, and BSPs are the only layers that currently carry
> the YP Compatible branding designation.
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> To clarify, we do not intend for the website to be a complete list of
> every layer that is supported in the project, nor a list of everything
> or even every BSP that is technically compatible with the project.
> This is a list of member BSPs that have YP Compatible status.
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Sorry, I was confused. The current website has meta-qt5 listed as YP
compatible from 1.5 to 1.8
https://www.yoctoproject.org/product/meta-qt5

https://www.yoctoproject.org/product/genivi-baseline is mete-ivi

so I thought we may want to expand such a list.

- armin

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> We focused on BSPs for the branding program in order to show hardware
> support. With the new website, we are working on ways to show support
> for other features. But keep in mind that this is a site where people
> come to learn about the project when they have never encountered it
> before. A long list of things like meta-virt won’t mean anything to
> them, but “this project works with the board on my desk” is meaningful.
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> It might be good to find a way to show which YP members are official
> maintainers of specific layers, perhaps in the layer index. Just not
> today J
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> Rocko added to registration, thanks
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> Jeffrey “Jefro” Osier-Mixon, Intel Corporation
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> Open Source Community Manager
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> *From:*akuster [mailto:akuster at mvista.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 08, 2017 4:39 PM
> *To:* Osier-mixon, Jeffrey <jeffrey.osier-mixon at intel.com>;
> yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
> *Subject:* Re: [yocto-ab] YP Advisory Board: BSPs, YP Compatible, and
> the new website
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> On 11/08/2017 02:20 PM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:
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>     The new Yocto Project website will contain a list of BSPs as a
>     subset of the OE layer index. This is a great opportunity for all
>     members to get their BSPs approved as YP Compatible, which is the
>     filter we plan to use to display BSPs. All member BSPs are
>     eligible to apply for this status, but not all do, so if you have
>     a public BSP, please make sure it passes the new yocto-check-layer
>     script and then file a request for YP Compatible status.
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> Many Members are Owners of standard layers like meta-selinux,
> meta-virt, meta-dpdk , etc. Is there any reason not to get those
> "Qualified" too? I think it helps show that Members are serious about
> the layers they create and maintain.
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> Also, please add  Rocko "2.4" to the
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/webform/yocto-project-compatible-registration.
> We will most likely need to update it to add a check box for the
> script being run and get a Version 2 added.
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> just some ideas.
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> Kind regards and Mahalo,
> - armin
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>     Jeffrey “Jefro” Osier-Mixon, Intel Corporation
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>     Open Source Community Manager
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