[yocto] self-hosted image vs. build appliance

[Barros Pena, Belen]

Thanks, Dave. If no suggestions come in, I'll file the bug.

Belen

On 20/06/2012 23:16, "Stewart, David C" <david.c.stewart at intel.com> wrote:

>
>>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

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