[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm/daisy][PATCH 00/21] Bugfix and improvement backports

[Eric Bénard]

Le Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:05:38 -0300,
Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> a écrit :

> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Eric Bénard <eric at eukrea.com> wrote:
> > Hi Otavio,
> >
> > Le Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:38:00 -0300,
> > Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> a écrit :
> >> Lauren Post (3):
> >>   gpu-viv-bin-mx6q: Upgrade to 3.10.17-1.0.1
> >>   xf86-video-imxfb-vivante: Upgrade to 3.10.17-1.0.1
> >>   linux-imx: Upgrade to 3.10.17-1.0.1
> >
> > one little question : if you upgrade daisy to  3.10.17-1.0.1,
> > doesn't that mean that in the end next 1.7 release will have the same
> > BSP as daisy (1.6) ?
> 
> The 3.10.17-1.0.1 is a bugfix release of the GA BSP, as you can see
> from the commit log provided by Lauren on the patches it is indeed a
> fix on top of the GA.
> 
> If new bugfix releases happen to be released, 3.10.17-1.0.x, the
> natural thing is to put them on the branches which are affected. As
> done in all other layers.
> 
that's indeed a good pratice.

> > one little remark : maybe some votes would be different if peoples were
> > aware that the 3.10.17-1.0.1 was to be backported in 1.6 instead of
> > being replaced by 3.10.31 in 1.7 (which would have mean no meta-fsl-arm
> > release would have included this version).
> 
> The 3.10.31-1.1.0 is a major update and not just a bugfix. Even
> Freescale thing it is not ready otherwise it'd be called GA (not
> Beta). So  I think the difference is clear enough...
> 
my concern was not the stability discussion but the fact that latest
3.10.17-1.0.x would be available in the 1.6 BSP which could allow
people not wanting to move to 3.10.31 to use it.

Best regards
Eric