[yocto] UI skelecton of hob v2 is updated in wiki.

[Wang, Shane]

Thank you for the comments, Lianhao.
See mine below.

--
Shane

Lu, Lianhao wrote on 2011-11-15:

> Some comments:
> 
> 1. Do we need the "Window" menu to "to switch to any step from any step"?
> I don't think the users are allowed to skip step 2 by directly swtiching from
> step1 to step3. The "Back" and "Next" in each step should do the work.
OK, it is open. And up to Belen.
What if the user has built recipes before, and doesn't want to go step 2 for recipe selection but want to try another image making directly?
I agree we should consider the workflow carefully to allow/disallow user's input at some stage. Can we disable the menu item if it is disallowed?


> 
> 2. Do we need those "View ***.conf" and open "Open directory" items
> under "Tools" menu? I think hob is designed to help users to avoid
> viewing/editing those configuration files and recipes. What's the difference
> between build log and make log? I think we might not want to put too many
> items under menus.
Log for building recipes, and log for making image from packages.
Hob v1 can view log for debugging.

> 
> 3. In step 1 configuration, maybe we can replace the configuration variable
> names with their actual meaning, at least for the basic configurtaion
> dialogue. If we can't define the actual meaning of a configuration variable,
> we then might need to think about whether we should put that configuration
> item into the UI.
Their names are TBD. Agree. But for one variable, we need abbreviate it to 2-3 words because the small window doesn't allow the long description in the code.

> 
> 4. In the advanced configuration dialogue, it'd better if we group those items
> by their meanings and influence, not by the filename where the configure
> variable is defined.	
Yes.

> 
> 5. Is it possible that we move some image-only related configuration items,
> i.e. IMAGE_FSTYPES, ROOTFS_FLASH_SIZE, FREE_SPCE, etc. from step1
> dialogue into the step3 dialogue?
In my previous discussion with Dongxiao, we want keep them both in step 1 and in step 3.
So, in step 1, user can do settings. But in step 3, he/she still has the chance to change.
But if we put them in step 3 only, it means we will have another "configuration and settings" stage.
The workflow would be:
step 1 (setting for build recipes) -> step 2 (recipe selection) -> step 3 (setting for making image) -> step 4 (package selection).
I am not sure which is better for developer experience.


> 
> Best Regards,
> Lianhao
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Wang, Shane
>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:12 AM
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>> Subject: [yocto] UI skelecton of hob v2 is updated in wiki.
>> 
>> See https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Hob2_(Hob_v2)#UI_Skelecton for
>> more details.
>> 
>> Please comment.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> --
>> Shane
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