Bug 4369 - utility-tasks.bbclass: let the do_listtasks lists the tasks in the order they run
Summary: utility-tasks.bbclass: let the do_listtasks lists the tasks in the order the...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.5
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Undecided enhancement
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Assignee: Robert Yang
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Reported: 2013-04-22 06:39 UTC by Robert Yang
Modified: 2013-04-22 13:38 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Yang 2013-04-22 06:39:19 UTC 
let the do_listtasks lists the tasks in the order they run, the current output has no order.
Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2013-04-22 08:03:33 UTC 
There is no definitive order for the tasks since some can execute in parallel. I therefore think trying to show these in an order is going to be confusing to the user and I'm not sure this is a good idea.
Comment 2 Robert Yang 2013-04-22 08:20:12 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> There is no definitive order for the tasks since some can execute in
> parallel. I therefore think trying to show these in an order is going to be
> confusing to the user and I'm not sure this is a good idea.

Hi RP, thanks for the review, yes, the parallel tasks may confuse user, but is it possible to mark the parallel tasks, is it easy to do ? I will drop this one if not.
Comment 3 Richard Purdie 2013-04-22 13:38:16 UTC 
We'd probably need specific new API to be able to do this and I'd prefer not to add that unless there is a pressing usecase...