[yocto] self-hosted image vs. build appliance

[Stewart, David C]

>From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
>bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Barros Pena, Belen
>Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:24 AM
>
>Does anybody know why are we calling it 'self-hosted-image' in Hob and
>'build-appliance' in the Yocto Project website? Wouldn't it be easier if
>we used the same name everywhere? Which one should be used?

Yes indeed, we should have consistent naming for this feature.

The problem is, neither name is very good.

"build-appliance" = an implication that the thing "just works" like an appliance should just work in your kitchen. Unfortunately, the name isn't very descriptive.
"Self-hosted-image" = a description of how the thing is constructed (it's a Linux OS which was constructed by the Yocto Project itself, and it builds using the Yocto Project).

So neither name is good, but build appliance is usually the one I use.

If anyone has a better name I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT. Otherwise please file a bug to change the self-hosted-image name to build appliance.

Dave