[meta-freescale] The sumo branch of meta-freescale

[Bas Mevissen]

On 23/05/18 20:17, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello Bas,
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Bas Mevissen <abuse at basmevissen.nl> wrote:
>> On 2018-05-08 14:23, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 5:40 AM, Zhenhua Luo <zhenhua.luo at nxp.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The ‘sumo’ branch has not been created for meta-freescale layer yet, may
>>>> I
>>>> know what’s the plan to make the YP 2.5 branch available in this Yocto
>>>> layer?
>>>
>>>
>>> I am still working on build failure and integrating the i.MX8 stuff so
>>> sumo is not ready for use yet.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Otavio,
>>
>> Could you kindly provide us with a status update on this?
>>
>> I noticed no build errors on a build with current head of meta-freescale
>> master branch with head of Poky Sumo branch:
> ...
> 
> I need to fix WIC support for i.MX28 before branching it also make
> sure Qt and all works.
> 

Agreed, i.MX28 should work and Qt should at least function (even if not 
accelerated) before a sumo release can be made.

>> Is currently only the i.mx8 support holding you back? In that case, I would
>> kindly suggest creating the sumo branch right now and adding the i.mx8
>> support later on.
>>
>> It would also give the oppertunity to merge patches like
>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/meta-freescale/2018-May/022537.html
>> to meta-freescale master to match current Poky master.
> 
> i.MX8 is a huge addition and once we branch sumo it is going to be too
> risk to backport. I don't have a big problem in let it for next
> release but it is something people must to agree uppon it.
> 

In that case, I agree that i.mx8 support should wait for the next 
release. Waiting from now for considerable time to release m-f sumo 
would make people start new developments on Rocko...

-- 
Bas.