Use YAML configuration files for the build?

[Sebastian Huber]

----- Am 4. Okt 2019 um 19:41 schrieb joel joel at rtems.org:

> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 12:25 PM Sebastian Huber <
> sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
> 
>> ----- Am 4. Okt 2019 um 16:15 schrieb joel joel at rtems.org:
>>
>> > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 8:29 AM Sebastian Huber <
>> > sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I would like to use YAML configuration files for the new build system.
>> >>
>> >
>> > For what purpose?
>>
>> To store the items which define what and how the build is done, e.g. BSPs,
>> BSP options, libraries, file groups for libraries, test programs.
>>
> 
> pkgconfig type information?

No, not pkgconfig type information.

> 
> Would this all be generated or a manually prepared input?

The YAML files are not generated, they have to be filled manually with the help of Doorstop.

> 
> 
>>
>> > To achieve what end?
>>
>> Make it possible to re-use the build specification, e.g. generate
>> documentation of the BSP options for the user manual.
>>
> 
> Sounds like pkgconfig in Yaml format.
> 
> Is it different?

I don't know why you picked up pkgconfig.  The pkgconfig support for a BSP could be an artefact of the build process.

At the moment I just would like to know if a PyYAML dependency would be an issue. I will try to explain later in detail why I would like to use it.