Re: [Gumstix-users] OpenEmbedded for Overo

[JamesAng <ang...@gm...>]

enmach wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> The Gumstix engineering team recently held a discussion about the future 
> direction of our OpenEmbedded repository. Thanks to everyone in the 
> community who offered their input. Stability and expediency are what 
> everyone is asking for. To that end, we've decided to migrate to a new 
> Overo branch of org.oe.dev with a minimal Gumstix board support layer. A 
> new branch will allow us to track the upstream more closely while 
> continuing to offer Gumstix developers some insulation during periods of 
> instability. To prevent drift between the branches, patches will be 
> submitted upstream before being integrated into the Overo branch. This 
> way, Overo users will have a working, up-to-date branch that doesn't 
> conflict with org.openembedded.dev and Gumstix's contribution to 
> upstream improves.
> 
> Please bear with us during this transitional period. If you have 
> questions or comments feel free to contact me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Neil
> 

Hi Neil,

That's great news to us!

How is this new changes going to affect the workflow documented in the wiki
for newbies?
Do I work with the Overo's branch or simply switch to the new branch and
bitbake away to get the latest images?

TIA.

James.
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