Bug 9918

Summary:	Use bitbakes fetcher code to grab layers, do checkouts, etc.
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] Toaster	Reporter:	brian avery <brian.avery>
Component:	toaster	Assignee:	David Reyna <david.reyna>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	belen.barros.pena, david.reyna, jessica.zhang, jose.perez.carranza, joshuagloe, mark.hatle, randy.macleod, stanciux.mihail
Version:	2.3
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description brian avery 2016-07-12 17:04:33 UTC

right now, we are directly managing git checkouts but bb has fetcher code to do this and alot more which it would  be a good idea to use.  This becomes more important as we look at adding non git layer sources.

Comment 1 David Reyna 2017-01-10 20:41:49 UTC

Moving this to 'Medium". Although this is an important enhancement, the "Medium+" status is tracked in special ways even though this is set to "Future".

Comment 2 Mark Hatle 2019-03-06 20:27:49 UTC

We're working on a layerindex download manager as part of bitbake.  This would allow the toaster to use a unified interface to download layers either from the index or from a direct URL specified by the user.

Comment 3 David Reyna 2021-03-08 17:23:23 UTC

Mark Hatle's work on a layerindex download manager as part of bitbake is currently on hold.

I will continue to track this.