[oe] Some beginners problems

[Rich Pixley]

Sledz, Steffen wrote:
>>> I wan't to make an image (e.g. minimal-image) for atngw100
>>> but with different linux kernel configuration (e.g.
>>> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y). What's th right way to do this?
>>>
>>> * Just edit packages/linux/linux-2.6.24/atngw100/defconfig?
>>>       
>> Yes. But don't forget to increase the PR. Otherwise bitbake
>> doesn't know that the recipe was changed and doesn't rebuild
>> it.
>>     
>
> The change is not a bug fix or something like this. It's just a variant and not mentioned to become committed. So if i increase PR and someone else fixes a bug and increases PR too and I pull this fixes from git I have a conflict.  :(
Try using the  debian name branching approach.

"r6" -> "r6palm1"

That way "r7" will take precedence and yet "r6palm1" is different and 
lexically later than "r6".

--rich