[Gpephone-devel] Buildroot for G(PE)^2

[alex zhang]

Dear All,

I found that in order to build G(PE)^2, I have to build so many
packages. It's repeating the bored steps: download, uncompress, patch,
configure, compile, install. It will drive me crazy if I have to
re-build all packages. So, it's possible to do these automatically? The
answer is YES. I've found some good templets like Openwrt Buildroot-ng
and Pixil. And the most ideas is from Openwrt Buildroot-ng, see
http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=31794#p31794 for detail.

Users or developers only need to do is type "make menuconfig" and then
choose and manage packages, choose compiler and target (for X86 or
ARM,etc.), finally, type "make" and wait until all things finished. I
think if G(PE)^2 can do that, it would be a good news for developers and
distributors.

So, I've already started some works on it. But, I think it may be a big
project, also I am not so familiar with G(PE)^2, so I need all of your
help.

Now, my questions are following,
1) Do you think it's necessary to make a buildroot like OpenWrt for
G(PE)^2? Or is it helpful for you?
2) Any documents for describing the relationship of all the packages of
G(PE)^2?

PS. Which phones in the market you have GPE ported to? I am going to
plan porting G(PE)^2 to my Motorola A1200. :)

All reply and idea is welcome, I really need your help! Thanks!

Regards,
Alex Zhang