Option 2. Though I fail to see why 3.10.17 would need to be removed Yocto has no issues supporting multiple versions of packages. Seems to me supporting both options is win/win for everyone.
On Aug 18, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Lauren Post <[email protected]> wrote: > Our 3.10.31-1.1.0 Beta release is now in field trial to be completed by next > week. My team will be up-streaming this release next week into master-next > branch. > > This release has the following new features > - Kernel upgrade to 3.10.31 > - Supports new i.MX6 SoloX SabreSD machine > - U-Boot-imx upgrade to 2014.04 version > - New GPU Vivante version v5 > o Supports OpenGLES 3.0 APIs with backward compatibility with > earlier version APIs. > o DirectFB 1.7.1 > o Wayland 1.5 > o Xorg 1.15 > o Qt5 fixes for X11, Wayland and Framebuffer backends on i.MX > parts containing 3D GPU. > o i.MX 6 SoloLite fixes for DirectFB, Wayland and frame > buffer backends. > o fsl-gpu-sdk version 1.2 supporting all backends. > - Multimedia Features > o Freescale Gstreamer 1.0 support > o Gstreamer 0.1 Fixes > o Upgraded VPU firmware and wrapper software > o G2D integration > > We have a question to community. Our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release is not > public/released until January. We have two options for upstream of 3.10.31 > into meta-fsl-arm and would like feedback from community. > > - Option 1 - Upstream 3.10.31 beta into master-next branch and branch master > with 3.10.17 once Yocto Project 1.7 name is announced in late Sept or early > October > o This means that 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta will be in master-next branch > during September. > o Also means Freescale will get less feedback from community to fix > for our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release. > o 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA will be part of Yocto Project 1.8 release only in > April 2015. > - Option 2 - Upstream 3.10.31-1.1.0 Beta into master branch and remove > 3.10.17 from master branch. > o This means Yocto Project 1.7 release will not be production code > for i.MX6 until our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release planned in January. > o Allows earlier production release of 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA with SoloX > and Graphics as part of Yocto Project 1.7 in January. > o Beta is not supported (by freescale/for production/by SR). However > bugs can be sent to imx-community and if time before GA code freeze Freescale > can try to fix in our GA release. > > Please provide your feedback. Freescale prefers Option 2 because we can get > more feedback about bugs to fix in our 3.10.31-1.1.0 GA release but we will > abide by community wishes if they prefer Option 1. > > Thanks, > Lauren Post > Yocto Project i.MX Team Lead > > -- > _______________________________________________ > meta-freescale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale -- _______________________________________________ meta-freescale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale
