[meta-freescale] i.MX 3.10.31-1.1.0_beta release - community feedback requested

[Lauren Post]

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