Bug 8426

Summary: Improve how we display layer dependencies
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] Toaster Reporter: Belen Barros Pena <belen.barros.pena>
Component: toasterAssignee: Unassigned <unassigned>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Medium CC: belen.barros.pena, david.reyna, jessica.zhang, jose.perez.carranza, stanciux.mihail
Version: 1.8   
Target Milestone: Future   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard: GUI design pending
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Belen Barros Pena 2015-10-01 13:42:14 UTC 
Toaster displays layer dependencies in several places:

1. The 'compatible layers' table

2. The layer details page

3. The dependencies dialog we show you when you add a layer to a project. 

1 and 2 show the first level dependencies for a layer. 3 shows only those dependencies that must be added to the project (i.e it takes into account the layers already in the project, and also second-level dependencies). 

The dialog, however, does not explain this, and doesn't differentiate between first and second level dependencies, and that can cause some confusion as to why is there a difference between the number of dependencies reported in the table or the layer details page, and the number of dependencies shown in the dialog.

We should redesign that dependencies dialog: 

* To make clear that it shows *all* really required dependencies.

* To specify where the dependencies come from (if they are first or second level dependencies, and if they are second level dependencies, which layer in bringing them in)