2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive

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Yocto Project Weekly Status December 12th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1
Next Deadline: 4th December 2023 YP 5.0 M1 build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.4 and YP 4.3.1 were released
  • YP 4.3.1 carries a release note about the intermittent failures that are causing problems for the builds, we’re lacking capacity to address several of them.
  • YP 3.1.30 rc2 is in QA
  • The YP 5.0 M1 build is still pending, we’re hoping for several intermittent issue fixes first
  • The intermittent issues on the autobuilder are causing problems for master branch development and stable releases and this is slowing down patch testing and merging. We simply don't have enough people to fix the issues quickly enough and the people we do have are struggling. This is now slowly down point release approvals too as a knock on effect.
  • We plan to disable the rust selftest code in the hope this allows us to upgrade the version since we’re rapidly falling behind. The upgrades also break zvariant and the limited reproducibility testing we had working unfortunately.
  • Several important fixes for useradd functionality have merged.
  • Patches for python-maturin support have been proposed but there are challenges with reproducibility currently hindering merging.
  • Regarding bugs, even if you can’t fix a bug, submitting a failing test case that can reproduce the issue significantly improves the chances it might get fixed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.2.4 is released.
  • YP 4.3.1 is released.
  • YP 3.1.30 is in QA.
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status December 5th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1
Next Deadline: 4th December 2023 YP 5.0 M1 build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.4 and YP 4.3.1 have passed QA and are under discussion pending release
  • The point releases are being held up due to issues with the regression reports and the number of intermittent failures seen during the release builds with the 4.3 series
  • YP 5.0 M1 is due to build this week, we’ll likely do that after trying to address some of the current issues and patch queue
  • An issue was found in the recent hash equivalence changes in bitbake which was causing large delays when there was heavy IO load due to sync() calls. There is a fix in bitbake master for this. It tended to affect users with slower spinning disks and not SSDs.
  • The length of builds (world and oe-selftest) continues to be a concern.
  • There is a significant change to runqueue being tested with regard to the handling of dependencies between setscene tasks. The patch should allow us to fix long standing issues with useradd functionality but it is hard to ensure all corner cases work correctly with the patch.
  • The intermittent issues on the autobuilder are causing problems for master branch development and stable releases and this is slowing down patch testing and merging. We simply don't have enough people to fix the issues quickly enough and the people we do have are struggling. This is now slowly down point release approvals too as a knock on effect.
  • Toaster now has UI support for importing existing command line builds, the patches are in testing on master-next and we do have some automated testing available on the autobuilder.
  • The Yocto Project Summit was well attended and successful last week. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!

Ways to contribute:

YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.2.4 is out of QA and being reviewed for release.
  • YP 4.3.1 is out of QA and being reviewed for release.
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status November 28th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1
Next Deadline: 4th December 2023 YP 5.0 M1 build


Next Team Meetings:

  • Meetings canceled this week for YP Summit.


Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.4 has passed QA and under discussion pending release
  • YP 4.3.1 is in QA
  • The BB_DEFAULT_EVENTLOG setting has exposed a bug where the bitbake server could hang due to thread deadlocking. A fix has been merged for it yesterday.
  • The length of builds (world and oe-selftest) continues to be a concern.
  • The intermittent issues on the autobuilder are causing problems for master branch development and stable releases and this is slowing down patch testing and merging. We simply don't have enough people to fix the issues quickly enough and the people we do have are struggling.
  • There are some worrying issues around trying to fix the useradd bugs, particularly around inter-sstate task dependencies. There is a discussion about this on the openembedded-architecture list for those interested.
  • The Yocto Project Summit is this week so the regular meetings are canceled so people can attend the summit: https://summit.yoctoproject.org/yocto-project-summit-2023-11/ .



Ways to contribute:


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status November 21st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1
Next Deadline: 4th December 2023 YP 5.0 M1 build


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.14 and YP 3.1.29 were released
  • YP 4.2.4 has passed QA and under discussion pending release
  • Toaster news:
    • Testing for toaster is now starting to be enabled on the autobuilder although not all tests are currently passing and there are host specific issues.
    • The ability to view existing builds is being extended to allow debugging use of toaster even if the original build didn’t use it
  • In support of the above, BB_DEFAULT_EVENTLOG is being proposed as enabled by default in bitbake.conf so that an event log is stored for all builds. This could be useful for debugging outside of toaster in other tools too. There is a small performance/disk footprint overhead but this should be offset by the useful debug data.
  • The length of builds (world and oe-selftest) continues to be a concern.
  • When running the first nanbield stable series builds, our LTS maintainer remarked on being unable to get successful green builds. We did make significant improvements on the intermittent issues prior to release but clearly not enough unfortunately. Troubling issues include:
  • There have been several fixes for meta-openembedded reproducibility issues and fixes for mirroring/CVE reporting on stable release branches, thanks Yoann.



Ways to contribute:


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status November 14th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1
Next Deadline: 4th December 2023 YP 5.0 M1 build


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 was released, thanks to everyone who contributed!
  • YP 4.0.14 is out of QA and due for release
  • YP 3.1.29 is out of QA and due for release after investigation of vim reproducibility issues
  • YP 4.2.4 is currently being built
  • bitbake’s hash equivalence server has undergoing a lot of development (thanks Joshua!) including:
    • websockets support
    • user authentication/permissions support
    • entry removal API addition
    • support for multiple database backends
  • master saw various upgrades for the kernel and other components
  • the length of time rebuilds are taking on the autobuilder is a concern, world can take 16 hours as can oe-selftest with a cold sstate cache



Ways to contribute:


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status November 7th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 (Final Release)
Next Deadline: 27th October 2023 YP 4.3 Final Release


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • The YP 4.3 release now has documentation completed and is likely to be released in the next few days.
  • Patchtest is now replying live on the mailing list for OE-Core and the threading issues were resolved. We are continuing to tweak some of the tests to best suit our needs and address issues.
  • Meta-openembedded now has patch metrics and CVE reporting: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics-meta-oe/
  • Meta-openembedded has had automatic upgrade emails being sent to the openembedded-devel list. These can be manually triggered from the autobuilder.
  • Recipetool is now able to better handle go modules.
  • The 32bit x86 non-kvm 6.5 kernel early boot crash investigation is ongoing, upstream are aware.
  • The Yocto Project website has had a refresh (www.yoctoproject.org)


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status October 31st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • The YP 4.3 passed QA and is now pending finalizing the release notes and migration guide.
  • Work has continued on trying to track down the 32bit x86 non-kvm 6.5 kernel early boot crash (thanks Paul).
  • Patchtest is now replying live on the mailing list for OE-Core. There are some open bugs including a threading/references issue but it is great to welcome it back, thanks Trevor.
  • The autobuilder generated ‘metrics’ target has been altered to work per branch and we’re close to support for testing other layers such as meta-openembedded.
  • Toaster automated testing is close to being usable again.
  • Recipetool is now able to better handle various python module formats for recipe creation (Thanks Julien and Tim).
  • Various pieces of security information and processes are being added to our documentation.


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status October 24th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • The YP 4.3 (M4) rc2 is in QA.
  • For the 4.3 release, the 6.5 serial port issues caused the rc1 build to fail. That combined with a serious patchtest behavior meant we rebuilt and submitted an rc2 to QA. There were several abandoned builds due to infrastructure issues. We are now using the upstream kernel serial fix.
  • Our release branch (nanbield) and master have now diverged to keep the patch backlog under control so development patches are merging to master.
  • Patchtest work is progressing and we’re nearly at the point where it will be replying live to emails on list. Examples of the responses can be seen on our test mailing list: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/test-list .
  • Source mirroring and reproducibility testing for meta-openembedded are now available on the project autobuilder.
  • The project is now strongly suggesting source code repositories have a SECURITY.md file to ensure users know what to do if they encounter a security issue. We are trying to ensure all key project repositories contain these. Patches are welcome and we’re encouraging all maintainers to follow this best practice.
  • The layer index has seen development work to ensure it uses secure components, can handle changes in practice (such as main branches), can illustrate Yocto Project Compatible status and that the errors/warnings generated from builds are under control. Thanks Tim!
  • After consultation and discussions the project is now about to document its security processes to complete the work in this area. Please watch the mailing lists such as the architecture list if you have an interest in this area.


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status October 17th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • The YP 4.3 (M4) rc1 build is still pending
  • For the 4.3 release, the 6.5 serial port issues are still presenting a challenge. We have merged a workaround which seems to fix things for the majority of cases. There is also a second proposed patch from upstream which may help. The dilemma is which option to go for in the release and the time implications of the choice as one is tested and one is not.
  • The only other potential issue for 4.3 is the strace ptest image space issues which is still being worked on.
  • Patchtest did merge to OE-Core and will be included in the release allowing users to locally test their patches before submission using the same code/tests we will ultimately run against mailing list submissions. This is late in the cycle but important to help users and standalone code so worthwhile adding since it was ready. Thanks Trevor!
  • There were multiple CVE fixes merged over the last week to ensure the release had recent widely publicized CVEs addressed.
  • Toaster has had upgrades to key components which help address security issues and patches are merging to enable testing to be resumed and ultimately, automated.
  • There was a big improvement in reproducibility for rust. Unfortunately this hasn’t addressed all the issues but is a big step forward and great to see progress on what was a really difficult to track down issue, thanks Sundeep.
  • The project is pleased to have a new content delivery network (CDN) available to share sstate from the autobuilder with. See the entry in local.conf.sample on how to use it.
  • After consultation and discussions the project is now about to document its security processes to complete the work in this area. Please watch the mailing lists such as the architecture list if you have an interest in this area.


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status October 10th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date


Next Team Meetings:


Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 (M4) rc1 build is still pending
  • YP 4.0.13 was released
  • For the 4.3 release, we have merged and switched to the 6.5 kernel. Many different fixes for issues merged but for one issue we have not found a fix and there are continuing serial console problems. Workarounds are in place but appear only partially successful.
  • Other 4.3 release blocking issues:
    • There are space issues with strace ptest images
    • There are QA regression report generation failures (patch in testing)
    • Busybox serial console handling is broken (patch in testing)
    • A curl CVE fix is due tomorrow
  • We hope to build 4.3 once these issues are resolved
  • A fix for the openssh ptest issue merged, thanks Mikko
  • The bblock/bbunlock patches have merged, thanks Julien
  • ttyrun merged, which improves serial console handling for images shared between different platform and addresses long standing issues, thanks Ross
  • ‘remove’ API for the hashequiv server merged, thanks Joshua
  • Yocto Project is pleased to announce that the Sovereign Tech Fund is working with us, and this is how we are funding the items in the RFQ:


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.28 is ready for release.
  • YP 4.0.13 is in QA.
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status October 3rd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date


Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M4 is due to build this week. We have challenges due to the kernel version.
  • YP 3.1.28 was released.
  • YP 4.0.13 is due to be released
  • The biggest challenge for the M4 build is that the 6.4 kernel was made EOL. Thanks to hard work from Bruce we have 6.5 recipes but this kernel version is throwing multiple errors in testing:
    • cryptodev breaks (patch in master-next)
    • x86 image testing randomly fails with login issues (both selftest and testimage)
    • arm kvm ptest images randomly throw jitterentropy errors and fail
    • strace ptest failures (x86 and arm)
    • arm LTP testing fails with OOM crashes

We don’t have fixes for the OOM issue or strace at this point, potential ideas for other issues are undergoing testing.

  • The numpy reproducibility issue was finally root caused and resolved.
  • Issues with mesa-native and contamination with llvm from the host have been resolved
  • Improvements to bitbake-getvar output and handling of undefined values were merged
  • The openssh ptest intermittent failure does have better logs available but we’ve yet to decode what it means:

http://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20230917-2/testresults/qemuarm64-ptest/openssh.log

  • The project is working on improving its security processes and policies, there are emails on the mailing list discussing this. Please highlight these to any parties who may be interested or have useful feedback.


Ways to contribute:


YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.28 is ready for release.
  • YP 4.0.13 is in QA.
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status September 26th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 rc1 was released and work is being done on the autobuilder QA email step to improve for future releases. The regression report is still being worked on.
  • YP 3.1.28 is under review for release
  • YP 4.0.13 rc2 is in QA
  • The numpy reproducibility issue remains and is proving extremely problematic with many failed builds. We may have to merge the debug patch into master.
  • The openssh ptest intermittent failure does have better logs available but we’ve yet to decode what it means: http://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20230917-2/testresults/qemuarm64-ptest/openssh.log
  • The changes to error for overlapping symlinks under sstate control have highlighted some issues, particularly in world build configurations however so far these have proven to be real issues that needed addressing in the configuration as the files overlapped and caused determinism issues.
  • The number of build failures from incoming patches remains high and is causing patch review delays and headaches for the maintainers. We are not here to debug people’s patches, we’re only meant to be catching accidental/occasional issues.
  • Patches for enabling wider SPDX tooling and testing in core are being proposed but there are quite a few python module dependencies. We do have good tooling/class support for python modules so the maintenance overhead of these is relatively low but the number of modules in core has increased steadily. Feedback welcome.
  • Since the 6.4 kernel is already EOL, we are considering a 6.5 kernel for 4.3 as the best of several difficult options.
  • The project is working on improving its security processes and policies, there are emails on the mailing list discussing this. Please highlight these to any parties who may be interested or have useful feedback.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 was released.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
  • YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 build date 2024/01/15
  • YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
  • YP 5.0 M3 build date 2024/02/19
  • YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.28 is ready for release
  • YP 4.0.13 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
  • YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
  • YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
  • YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
  • YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
  • YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
  • YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
  • YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
  • YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
  • YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
  • YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
  • YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
  • YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
  • YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status September 19th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • The M3 rc1 QA report is available but the regression report failed, raising a dilemma on whether to release, the TSC needs to discuss
  • YP 3.1.28 is in QA
  • The numpy reproducibility issue remains
  • The openssh ptest intermittent failure does have better logs available but we’ve yet to decode what it means: http://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20230917-2/testresults/qemuarm64-ptest/openssh.log
  • A significant flaw was found in bitbake’s inotify usage which has been causing rare intermittent build failures. These would only affect usage where BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT was enabled or tinfoil was used (e.g. recipetool, devtool, bitbake-layers). The issue means we’ve switched to using stat() calls and mtime to detect changes. External tools using tinfoil which change files will need to add an API call to have bitbake refresh its caches.
  • On a positive note, those issues do explain some of the timeout and AB-INT failures that have been puzzling us for some time. Fixing it also allows the flush() call removal in server logging, which should improve bitbake server’s performance during heavy I/O.
  • There are patches pending to tweak the layout of deploy/licenses/ and SPDX’s file layout to avoid overlapping files in builds breaking due to “shared” files being removed unexpectedly. We will likely enforce non-overlapping files for symlinks under sstate control going forward to avoid these issues in future.
  • We are continuing to see large numbers of version upgrades of recipes, some of which are having destabilizing effects. This may mean we have to reduce the numbers being accepted to stabilize for release.
  • We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
    • Marta Rybczynska (Syslinbit) will be working on the security topic
    • Alexander Kanvin (Linutronix) will be working on the core workflow topic
    • Savoir-faire Linux will be working on the toaster and VSCode topics
    • BayLibre will be working on the patchtest and project tooling topics
    • Michael Opdenacker (Bootlin) will be working on the binary distro topic
    • Smile will be working on the meta-openembedded topic area

We’d also note that Tim Orling (Konsulko) will be working on the layer index.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 is being reviewed.
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.28 in QA
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status September 12th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • We are now at feature freeze for 4.3 and 4.3 M3 is in QA
  • The numpy reproducibility issue is not solved unfortunately
  • There are continuing intermittent ptest issues for openssh and glib-networking amongst other issues
  • The testing for qemuppc and qemumips/qemumips64 has been reduced and we’re no longer testing core-image-sato-sdk on these platforms.
  • SPDX manifests are now enabled by default for OE-Core/nodistro as well as poky.
  • Patches have been resubmitted to radically alter the do_unpack process for license compliance reasons. The code is complex and hard to understand and will have a performance impact on builds as well as making things hard to debug. *The risk of not taking the changes is that for some legal departments, the SPDX data isn’t detailed enough. The compromise between performance and ease of use vs. legal requirements is a tough one. We don’t really want to have two codepaths either. Feedback/review on the series welcome.
  • We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
    • Marta Rybczynska will be working on the security topic
    • Alexander Kanvin will be working on the core workflow topic
    • Savoir-faire Linux will be working on the toaster and VSCode topics
    • BayLibre will be working on the patchtest and project tooling topics
    • Michael Opdenacker (Bootlin) will be working on the binary distro topic
    • Smile will be working on the meta-openembedded topic area

We’d also note that Tim Orling (Konsulko) will be working on the layer index.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 is in QA
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status September 5th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 Feature Freeze
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • We are now at feature freeze for 4.3.
  • YP 4.2.3 was released
  • The qemupcc issue was tracked down to the glibc 2.38 included in the new uninative version. Upgrading along the glibc stable branch appeared to resolve the issue. It seems ppc was worst affected as the emulation is slow.
  • We’re hoping to have tracked down the numpy reproducibility issue to non-deterministic blas library queries but we didn’t definitively work out which system was introducing the issue so we can’t be sure it is resolved.
  • We need to upgrade to qemu 8.1.0 for security fixes but it is broken for x86. If we backport fixes for that issue, mips virtio breaks. We’ve filed a bug upstream: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1866
  • Patches have been resubmitted to radically alter the do_unpack process for license compliance reasons. The code is complex and hard to understand and will have a performance impact on builds as well as making things hard to debug. *The risk of not taking the changes is that for some legal departments, the SPDX data isn’t detailed enough. The compromise between performance and ease of use vs. legal requirements is a tough one. We don’t really want to have two codepaths either. Feedback/review on the series welcome.
  • We continue to see intermittent ptest failures for glib-networking and openssh, help would be much appreciated.
  • Due to the number of issues related to mips and ppc being encountered with few people interested in helping fix them, we are likely to reduce the amount of testing being done on those targets before release. If you’re using these targets please let us know as we’re likely to drop them if there are no users.
  • M3 will build when we have a resolution to the qemu 8.1.0 issue and ideally fixes for the intermittent ptest issues.
  • We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
    • Marta Rybczynska will be working on the security topic
    • Alexander Kanvin will be working on the core workflow topic
    • Savoir-faire Linux will be working on the toaster and VSCode topics
    • BayLibre will be working on the patchtest and project tooling topics
    • Michael Opdenacker (Bootlin) will be working on the binary distro topic

The other remaining topic areas should be announced soon. We’d also note that Tim Orling (Konsulko) will be working on the layer index.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.2.3 is released
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status August 29th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 Feature Freeze
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • We are now at feature freeze for 4.3.
  • YP 4.0.12 was released
  • YP 4.2.3 is due to be released
  • The qemuppc ssh command hangs continues to be a mystery. It seems to be something in recent master that regressed it but it isn’t the kernel, the binutils upgrade, systemd or glibc or qemu. We’ve not seen any other hangs so the x86 issues may have been something else.
  • The acl/xattr changes are blocked on a hard requirement on tar 1.35, it is unclear how we’d achieve that in all cases.
  • Patches have been resubmitted to radically alter the do_unpack process for license compliance reasons. The code is complex and hard to understand and will have a performance impact on builds as well as making things hard to debug. The risk of not taking the changes is that for some legal departments, the SPDX data isn’t detailed enough. The compromise between performance and ease of use vs. legal requirements is a tough one. We don’t really want to have two codepaths either. Feedback/review on the series welcome.
  • We continue to see intermittent ptest failures for glib-networking and openssh, help would be much appreciated.
  • The M3 build will depend upon reaching conclusions in several of these areas
  • We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
    • Marta Rybczynska will be working on the security topic
    • Alexander Kanvin will be working on the core workflow topic
    • Savoir-faire Linux will be working on the toaster and VSCode topics
    • BayLibre will be working on the patchtest and project tooling topics

The other remaining topic areas should be announced soon. We’d also note that Tim Orling (Konsulko) will be working on the layer index.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.12 is released
  • YP 4.2.3 is ready for release
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status August 22nd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M3
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • We are now a week away from feature freeze for 4.3.
  • YP 4.0.12 is pending TSC approval and due to release
  • YP 4.2.3 is in QA
  • We merged the 6.4 kernel and were able to resolve the preempt-rt issue (thanks Paul!) however intermittent hangs on qemuppc still remain as well as questions of x86 reliability on the autobuilder.
  • There are patches pending which remove source control revisions from PV and move them to PKGV, further simplifying WORKDIR paths and generally improving the code and the way AUTOREV works. This allows SRCPV to be removed as it is no longer needed. We believe all review discussion has been resolved at this point.
  • Intermittent autobuilder issues, autobuilder hardware problems and large numbers of very intensive rebuilds with low sstate reuse are causing challenges in keeping patches flowing. Some intermittent issues were identified and resolved.
  • Glibc 2.38 merged and a new uninative release was made.
  • We continue to see intermittent ptest failures for glib-networking and openssh, help would be much appreciated.
  • CVE metrics are still high but much reduced for master, thanks!
  • We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
    • Marta Rybczynska will be working on the security topic
    • Alexander Kanvin will be working on the core workflow topic
  • Other topic areas will likely be announced soon too.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.12 is ready for release
  • YP 4.2.3 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status August 15th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M3
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • We are now two weeks away from feature freeze for 4.3.
  • YP 3.1.27 was released
  • YP 4.0.12 is in QA.
  • The 6.4 kernel upgrade is still blocked as we’ve seen two nasty looking hangs in automated testing: https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/builders/148/builds/349/steps/12/logs/stdio https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/builders/148/builds/354/steps/12/logs/stdio as well as a preempt-rt boot error that appears more consistently: https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/builders/72/builds/7616/steps/36/logs/stdio The intermittent issues are a significant risk to automated testing stability and it is hard to know how to proceed as few people are willing/able to help with them. We’ve upgraded qemu 8.0.3 -> 8.0.4 just in case that helps.
  • The various systemd issues have mostly been resolved although the AUH did break as a result and will have to be fixed and rerun.
  • Build layout changed slightly with the removal of PE and PR from the WORKDIR path.
  • There are patches pending which remove source control revisions from PV and move them to PKGV, further simplifying WORKDIR paths and generally improving the code and the way AUTOREV works. This allows SRCPV to be removed as it is no longer needed.
  • Significant fixes were made to both the binutils and gcc testsuites which avoid many of the mips toolchain test failures. The failure counts are roughly the same (few hundred) for each architecture now resulting in ~3200 failures overall.
  • There are now consistently ~200 ltp ‘controllers’ failures on both arm and x86 targets.
  • A new uninative version was released to add some patches to patchelf to avoid bugs.
  • A new test addition to oe-selftest caused another test to fail consistently on the autobuilder and this has been tracked down to one test corrupting the other if they run in the same TMPDIR. This only happens with specific parallelism settings where they happen to run together or with no parallelism.
  • We continue to see intermittent ptest failures for glib-networking, mdadm and openssh, help would be much appreciated.
  • CVE metrics are worrying with significant numbers of open CVEs against master, many of them kernel related. The 6.4 upgrade should help but that is blocked. Mickledore is also badly affected with a record high count. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.27 is released
  • YP 4.0.12 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status August 8th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M3
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 was released.
  • YP 3.1.27 was rebuilt after a toolchain tests fix and is in QA
  • YP 4.0.12 rc1 was built but will need to be rebuilt due to an autobuilder failure due to certificate expiration.
  • The merged systemd upgrade has destablised the autobuilder. We don’t want to revert the upgrade but the regressions are causing multiple test failures and this along with other issues in multiple patch series means patch merging is effectively stalled.
  • There are two issues blocking the 6.4 kernel upgrade, one is qemuarm drm boot errors and the second is broken networking for systemd images under qemu.
  • Support for a new recipe sanity testing task (do_recipe_qa) was merged and there is a hope/plan to move more “processing” operations over to this task to improve general parsing time.
  • CVE metrics are worrying with significant numbers of open CVEs against master, many of them kernel related. The 6.4 upgrade should help but that is blocked. Mickledore is also badly affected with a record high count. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 is released
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.27 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.12 is being built
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status August 1st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M3
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 rc2 is in QA, rc1 was rebuilt due to concerns about the test results and a desire to set things up well for M3
  • YP 3.1.27 has come out of QA but has open questions about toolchain test regressions blocking release
  • There were fixes for glibc tests which reduced the number of failures on x86 (32 and 64 bit), thanks Anuj.
  • There were further fixes for LTP result reliability after discovering error code and timeout handling issues which answer long standing questions about changes in test results.
  • Support for a new recipe sanity testing task (do_recipe_qa) was merged and there is a hope/plan to move more “processing” operations over to this task to improve general parsing time.
  • The pre-release version of autoconf and a gcc stable update were merged.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 is in QA
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.27 is back from QA
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status July 25th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M3
Next Deadline: 28th August 2023 YP 4.3 M3 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.2 was released
  • YP 4.3 M2 has been through QA with one issue found (bug 15170) and is being reviewed by the TSC
  • YP 3.1.27 is in QA
  • Toolchain tests have continued to improve with rust tests added and 3,344,888 tests now being run with failures reduced to 8,373 (down from 210,000).
  • Issues in the LTP test parsing were identified and fixing this should improve the reliability of test reports.
  • The regression report for M2 is definitely improved on previous versions with the important data becoming clearer: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/releases/yocto-4.3_M2.rc1/testresults/testresult-regressions-report.txt
  • We’re considering switching to a pre-release version of autoconf due to improvements in largefile/64 bit time support.
  • The project RFQ deadline has now passed, thanks to everyone who submitted. The project aims to process the responses and respond in the next couple of weeks.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 is back from QA
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.2.2 is released
  • YP 3.1.27 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status July 18th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.2 is due to be released
  • YP 4.3 M2 is due to build this week
  • Our toolchain test results showed high failure rates for qemuarm64 and qemuppc. Three patches have merged removing ~210,000 failures taking the overall failure count to 15,000 in 3,200,000 tests. There is a summary on the OE-Core mailing list: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/184498
  • There have been further ptest-runner issues so further patches are in testing
  • The 6.4 kernel has merged but is not the default yet as various issues are resolved
  • We’re considering switching to a pre-release version of autoconf due to improvements in largefile/64 bit time support.
  • We have an open request for quotation for several engineering tasks/projects: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/ The document as an update added to the end and the RFQ closes on 24th July.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.2.2 is ready for release
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status July 11th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.2 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.26 and 4.0.11 were released
  • Changes have been made to ptest-runner to address various ptest stability issues
  • We’re preparing to switch to a 6.4 kernel for this release and patches are in testing
  • We’re pleased to announce that kirkstone LTS releases will be extended from 2 to 4 years and that project LTS releases will default to 4 years in future.
  • We have an open request for quotation for several engineering tasks/projects: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/ We plan to publish an update to add to this to answer some commonly asked questions in the next few days

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 is released
  • YP 4.0.11 is released
  • YP 4.2.2 is in QA
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status July 3rd, 2023

No status report published this week.

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 27th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.11 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.26 is due to be released
  • We’re pleased to announce that kirkstone LTS releases will be extended from 2 to 4 years and that project LTS releases will default to 4 years in future.
  • A lot of people have vacation booked for next week so we’re planning to skip a week with status reports and project meetings.
  • We have an open request for quotation for several engineering tasks/projects: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/
  • We have merged changes to make 64 bit time_t the default for several 32 bit platforms as part of our plan to handle Y2038 issues. This does break ABI and may need careful handling for those with binaries where compatibility is needed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 is ready for release
  • YP 4.0.11 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 20th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 was released
  • YP 3.1.26 is in QA
  • The project has some exciting plans in progress and we're now in the fortunate position of seeking quotations for some development work. For more details please see this page on our website: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/
  • The automated regression reporting saw some issues for the M1 report so this is being worked on.
  • There are pending patches to enable layer-<layername> overrides which is particularly useful for enabling layer specific QA checks. This does bring some changes of behavior for QA checks on bbappends
  • usrmerge is now enabled by default for poky-altcfg, in preparation for the changes being required by systemd.
  • The 6.1 kernel hang regression was identified and we reverted the problematic patch until the correct fix merges and filters through the stable kernel trees.
  • There have been a lot of ptest issues this week, not least after issues with “No-section” tracebacks were fixed, leading to an increase in reported failures as that was masking issues. There are some fixes proposed for ptest-runner but further help is needed on the various failures.
  • We have been approached by a potential new maintainer for the eclipse plugins. There were some questions about who was still using it and what the test matrix should look like so please let us know if you are and we can connect you.
  • The tunctl functionality for runqemu has been dropped as the ip tool can handle everything needed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is released
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 13th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 has passed QA and is due to release
  • The 6.1 kernel continues to have stability issues which appear to be introduced between 6.1.26 and 6.1.28, we’ve not seen the issue so far with 6.1.27. We know it happens on 32 and 64 bit x86 and occurs even with just one CPU enabled. This has not been seen by other kernel users which is a concern too.
  • We continue to see problematic intermittent failures on the autobuilder. We’re struggling to make progress against these and they are feeling overwhelming. We’re open to ideas on how we might try and address them. Experience shows that if left unresolved/ignored, people do end up hitting them in real world usage or during testing of their own products.
  • The autobuilder test matrix has seen some revisions:
    • to split out toolchain testing to a separate target
    • remove some duplicate testing for efficiency
    • optimize reproducibility testing to improve speed

We’re also about to add limited meta-clang testing to the test matrix.

These should improve autobuilder test execution time but has made one test race issue much more common which will need to be addressed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is ready for release
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 6th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is due to build this week
  • The remaining issue with SPDX manifest generation on the autobuilder should have been identified and fixed so we plan to enable the create_spdx class by default in poky assuming a successful test build.
  • The recent 6.1 kernel stable updates appear to be causing a couple of different intermittent autobuilder issues. We’re working to try and get to the bottom of that, we’re hoping further updates to the 6.1 series may pull in fixes for the regressions.
  • Patch merging has been slow this week as we struggled to bisect failures down to the problematic commits (potentially the sqlite version bump).
  • We continue to see problematic intermittent failures on the autobuilder. We’re struggling to make progress against these and they are feeling overwhelming. We’re open to ideas on how we might try and address them. Experience shows that if left unresolved/ignored, people do end up hitting them in real world usage or during testing of their own products.
  • There are a number of patches still queued in master-next as it is unclear whether they’re ready for various reasons. For bandwidth reasons these will likely be deferred to M2, people are just stretched too thinly to do otherwise, frustrating as it is.
  • Big thanks to Ross for helping look at the high number of CVE issues open against master.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 30th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.1 and YP 4.0.10 have been released
  • M1 is due to build next week.
  • We upgraded to gcc 13 after fixes for the major issues in OE-Core were found
  • New uninative releases were made to enable support on distros where they’re upgraded to gcc 13 versions.
  • The 5.15 kernel was dropped from master in preparation for adding a new kernel version later in the development cycle.
  • There is discussion about changing the CVE_CHECK_IGNORE functionality, please comment in the discussion on the list if you have opinions on what we should do there.
  • FILE_LAYERNAME support was added to bitbake, paving the way for layer specific override support.
  • Autobuilder intermittent issues continue to be an issue. One set of intermittent issues was tracked down in glib tests and a fix was accepted upstream but other issues remain.
  • A number of recent changes combined together to lower our overall patch count to the lowest we’re seen in years, it is great to see patches improving over time, albeit slowly!

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.10 is released
  • YP 4.2.1 is released
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 23rd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.10 is ready to release after TSC review
  • YP 4.2.1 is in QA
  • M1 is approaching fast (two weeks left), so please try and get any major changes submitted soon.
  • Patches have been merging into master, thanks to everyone for both review feedback and iterating on patches
  • We need to upgrade to gcc 13 soon, this is blocking enabling Fedora 38 workers on the autobuilder as we don’t have a compatible uninative release.
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches. Adding to the documentation as we go will make the release a lot easier.
  • Autobuilder instability is a concern as known good builds are regularly hitting issues, particularly the “ubuntu 20.04 libgcc not found” issue which is likely python version specific but there are other intermittent issues too. As an example, three of the last nightly builds failed in succession. Due to the intermittent nature of these bugs, few people are willing to spend time on them but they mean patches are being very slow to merge. Help is very much needed but it is hard to be specific about where/what the issue is unfortunately.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.10 is ready for release
  • YP 4.2.1 is in QA
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 16th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.4 has been released.
  • YP 3.1.25 has been released.
  • YP 4.0.10 is in QA
  • Richard is taking this week off, Ross is covering in his absence.
  • M1 is approaching fast, so please try and get any major changes submitted soon.
  • The Edgerouter (MIPS64-based) has been removed from the reference hardware due to lack of support. Testing for MIPS64 platforms will continue using qemumips64. There will be further changes to the reference hardware platforms, specifically around 64-bit Arm testing.
  • Patches have been merging into master, thanks to everyone for both review feedback and iterating on patches
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches. Adding to the documentation as we go will make the release a lot easier.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.4 is released
  • YP 3.1.25 is released
  • YP 4.0.10 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 9th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 has been released, thanks to everyone who has worked on it!
  • YP 4.1.4 is due to be released
  • YP 3.1.25 is in QA
  • The warnings issues on the autobuilder have mostly been resolved but there are a number of lingering intermittent issues that we’re still working through.
  • Patches have been merging into master but there continues to be a number of issues being found in testing which does slow down the process.
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • The minimum kernel version for OE-Core is now set at 5.15 as part of the time64 work but also to aid performance.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches!
  • There is a proposal on the bitbake mailing list which would allow the possibility of layer overrides, which could be useful for some of the QA checks recently discussed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 was released

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.4 is ready for release
  • YP 3.1.25 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 2nd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc3 has passed QA and is pending TSC approval for release.
  • YP 4.1.4 is now in QA.
  • Patches are merging into master for 4.3.
  • Emails to all currently listed maintainers have been sent to check the entries are up to date. If anyone is interested in taking on maintenance of any unassigned recipes, please send a patch.
  • We discovered warnings were not being correctly handled on the autobuilder after the buildbot controller upgrade. That should now be fixed but it means some regressions may have crept in, we’re working to confirm if that is the case or not.
  • We’re in the process of adding checks to ensure that ptests returning no test results trigger warnings. This should ensure we catch this situation earlier since ptests should always return at least one test result. python3-cryptography is an example of a recipe that recently regressed unnoticed in this way.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 is released
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 25th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 moved to an rc3 build since a kernel/qemu/drm issue was found which warranted a rebuild. This has not been picked up by QA yet.
  • YP 4.0.9 was released.
  • Since 4.2 rc3 was being built with kennel stable series updates, some CVE fixes and a high priority bitbake bug were also fixed.
  • Patches are merging into master for 4.3.
  • We’d like to thank Paul Eggleton for some great work on the documentation and release notes and catching a number of areas where we could improve the documentation for things that changed in this release.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 is released
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 18th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc2 has passed QA and is likely to be released once we have TSC approval and the release notes and migration guide are ready.
  • YP 4.0.9 passed QA and is also due to be released imminently.
  • Patches have started to land in master for 4.3 and the branch is open for development
  • The OE TSC has been discussing some focused work on improving the patch submission and new user documentation. There are currently multiple out of date documents in various wikis and READMEs which contain good information but also things which are obsolete. The aim is to identify the documents which should be merged and turn them into one comprehensive document, likely in the Yocto Project documentation set. This new document would also address some of the changes in developer background we’re seeing, such as being unfamiliar with mailing lists.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.


Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 building
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29


Tracking Metrics:


The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 11th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc2 is now in QA
  • YP 4.0.9 is being built
  • Due to some concerns about crate urls, 4.2 rc1 was abandoned and rc2 built.
  • linux-yocto is no longer excluded from CVE reporting on master, thanks to all who have helped triage the CVE list for the kernel. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt
  • We’re happy to announce that Steve Sakoman is going to be supporting the mickledore stable series.
  • The langdale release series will now wind down after one final point release
  • Patches should soon start flowing into master for 4.3
  • The project is looking at a funding opportunity where projects with a specific development focus may be able to be funded. Ideas coming to mind might include bringing back patchtest or toaster’s automated testing. If anyone has ideas that we’d be able to find people to work on (contract based?) within a reasonable timeframe, we’d be interested to hear the things people feel would make the biggest difference to the project.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 building
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 4th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 final release will build this week
  • We’re not aware of any major changes still pending merge, release branches have been created.
  • We’re making a final cleanup of CVE data/patches and some host gcc version tweaks and then we should be good to make the release build for 4.2
  • The autobuilder controller upgrade has broken error/warning log extraction. If anyone has time/interest in fixing the log observer code, help would be welcome.
  • We have started reporting CVEs for linux-yocto on master to raise the profile of these issues and the need to improve the CVE metadata. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.24 is released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 28th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.24 was released
  • YP 4.2 final release is due to build next week
  • Before final release we’d like to get updates to use the new CVE database format merged, there are also some rust fetch/tooling improvements that may also be potential merge candidates.
  • The glib-2.0 upgrade has reported issues with the malloc changes so we will defer that until after release.
  • There is some testing of the autoconf 2.73 pre-release version (2.72c) happening to ensure we’re in a good position when it finally does release, issues are being reported upstream.
  • The project autobuilder controller is now on the latest upstream buildbot version. Our plugins and other integration were updated to match.
  • Our autobuilder console UI has had some improvements to fix bug and improve the layout (https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/console)
  • poky-bleeding should now be usable but hasn’t been integrated into our CI yet.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.24 is released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
  • YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
  • YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 21st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.3 was released
  • YP 3.1.24 has passed QA and is being reviewed for release
  • We are continuing to prepare for final release of 4.2 with the build now due in ~1.5 weeks
  • We’re happy to see a huge improvement in the reliability of the python ptests thanks to a dedicated pytest plugin to correctly format the output into a form we can parse, thanks Ross!
  • Work on making “poky-bleeding” operational again has highlighted some challenges around AUTOREV support. There are patches pending to bitbake (in -next) to highlight problematic situations users may end up in, wider testing of those patches by AUTOREV users would be helpful.
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.3 is released
  • YP 3.1.24 is ready for released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 14th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.8 was released
  • YP 4.1.3 passed QA and is due to be released
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2 and preparing for final build in ~2.5 weeks
  • Patches continue to merge into master and there are some good bug fixes in there. Some version upgrades are merging either due to low risk or due to the likely need from other components during the lifetime of the release.
  • Support for parallel ptest execution with a ptest per image was merged, along with various dependency fixes for the ptest packages to ensure this works as expected. This takes ptest execution time from 3.5 hours to around 45 minutes on the autobuilder.
  • The bugzilla was upgraded to the version 5 series which brings access to the REST API and functionality useful to the triage team. Testopia was dropped.
  • Regression reports for release builds are now looking fairly accurate
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.8 is released
  • YP 4.1.3 is ready for released
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 7th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 was released
  • YP 4.0.8 is in QA
  • YP 4.1.3 is ready for QA
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2. We are continuing to merge some version upgrades where the stability of the release is unlikely to be affected.
  • Patches continue to merge into master and there are some good bug fixes in there
  • There is a bugfix for bitbake’s XMLRPC server mode but the lack of bug reports raise a concern about how widely it is being used.
  • There are a number of ptest related issues (mostly test naming) which the new regression reports are highlighting. If anyone is interested in helping clean up and improve the ptests and toolchain tests, please let us know.
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 is released
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.8 is built and in QA
  • YP 4.1.3 is built
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 28th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.8 is ready to be built
  • YP 3.1.23 was released
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2. There are some patches which we will take in M4 such as the CVE fetching changes.
  • We now have the ability to track regression changes between releases using resulttool for example with a command like “yocto_testresults_query.py regression-report 4.2_M1 4.2_M2”. This did already spot one regression in quilt ptest which we’ve tracked down and fixed.
  • A regression report was included with M3 using the above tool automatically: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/releases/yocto-4.2_M3.rc1/testresults/testresult-regressions-report.txt - some tweaks are needed but it is good progress.
  • CVE levels in master look much better, thanks to everyone who helped. We are in the process of including kernel CVEs in these reports for master going forward.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
  • We have had patches from a few new submitters, this is very very much appreciated and great to see. Some bugs have moved forward as a result of this. All of these changes combine together to make the project what it is!

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 released
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 21st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3 Feature Freeze
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.23 is due to be released.
  • We are due to build M3 and are at feature freeze for YP 4.2.
  • We saw further version upgrades this week and a number of bitbake hang fixes or fixes for exits with no output. There are a few remaining issues to conclude then we should be in a good position to build M3.
  • CVE levels in master are reducing. The remaining concern is the large number of linux-yocto CVEs which have shown up since we last updated the exclusion lists. The full list can be seen here: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt Help in resolving these so we can remove the exclusion on linux-yocto on all reports would be appreciated.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 is ready for release
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 14th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.23 was built and is in QA. There was an intermittent failure during the release build but this was a known issue recurring.
  • Next week is when M3 is due to build and this marks feature freeze for YP 4.2.
  • We saw a number of version upgrades this week (thanks Alex Kanavin).
  • There were also improvements to our runtime testing reliability (thanks Mikko Rapeli).
  • Of the issues discussed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476, the bitbake command timeout and PR serv async io issues still need to be addressed.
  • CVE levels in master are reducing but help in resolving the remaining issues would be appreciated.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 is built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 7th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.7 and YP 4.2 M2 were released.
  • The 6.1 kernel issues we were seeing on the autobuilder were resolved by a point upgrade on the kernel to address virtio networking issues and some patches to address perf reproducibility issues.
  • A summary of some of the key issues was sent to the mailing list: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476 The bitbake command timeout and PR serv async io issues still need to be addressed. Thanks to everyone who helped address the other items there, it was much appreciated.
  • We upgraded to glibc 2.37 and a corresponding uninative upgrade is pending.
  • Fixes for locale on target were merged with new automated locale tests to ensure these keep working.
  • We merged patches for basic loongarch support but there is no testing of it.
  • CVE levels in master are still high and we need to resolve several of the issues
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 is released
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.7 is released
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 31st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.7 and YP 4.2 M2 are in QA
  • We switched to the 6.1 kernel by default for M2. Unfortunately there are a couple of intermittent issues that seem to have crept in. One is a reproducibility issue in perf, likely with some host component causing it as it only occurs on second builds. The second appears to be an intermittent networking issue accessing a python http-server for testing dnf which appeared after the kernel version change.
  • We are continuing to see other intermittent failures which are limiting how quickly we can merge changes. A summary of some of the key issues was sent to the mailing list: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476
  • There have been changes to the way the codeparser cache in bitbake stores data which should reduce cache size, reduce the times data needs to be written out and generally help performance.
  • CVE levels in master are still high but there are patches in progress for most issues as I understand it.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.7 built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 24th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is due to be released and YP 3.1.22 is in QA
  • We had a few annoying intermittent autobuilder bug fixes this week, thanks to anyone who helped fix those!
  • Failures on the autobuilder slowed down patch testing and merging as builds took a long time to stabilize. Thankfully we believe the most frequently occurring issues have been fixed so things should speed up again a little this week.
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 is released
  • YP 3.1.22 is released
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 17th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is due to be released and YP 3.1.22 is in QA
  • We had a few annoying intermittent autobuilder bug fixes this week, thanks to anyone who helped fix those!
  • Failures on the autobuilder slowed down patch testing and merging as builds took a long time to stabilize. Thankfully we believe the most frequently occurring issues have been fixed so things should speed up again a little this week.
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 ready for release
  • YP 3.1.22 built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 10th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is in QA
  • A large number of package upgrades have merged bringing us up to date with various upstreams.
  • We have started moving code out of core bbclass files into the function libraries to help reduce parsing memory use, volumes of data transfer and sstate signature data sizes. Help is welcome in developing further patches to improve our function libraries.
  • The autobuilder controller has been relocated to deal with connectivity issues, we do have some issues to iron out before things are back to normal service. We were unable to upgrade the buildbot version as there were too many other moving pieces.
  • We are trying to upgrade uninative to include libgcc to deal with pthread_cancel failures. Newer versions of patchelf are proving problematic and appear to be causing segfaults and we’re trying to untangle this from other issues.
  • We have reverted the tune for qemux86-64 back to corei7-64 since we still have v2 hardware that won’t work properly with v3 under KVM and similar.
  • A uninative bug has been exposed by recent bitbake datastore improvements which could cause sstate to be missed/duplicated.
  • We merged a number of neat rust improvements which add on target cargo support and added automated QA tests for this functionality so we can ensure it continues to work and doesn’t regress. Thanks Alex Kiernan, we hope to see more series like this one!
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • The autobuilder maintenance window now occurs on Mondays.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 built and in QA
  • YP 4.1.2 Release date 2023/01/20
  • YP 3.1.22 build date 2023/01/16
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 3rd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M1 and YP 4.0.6 were released.
  • Builds on the autobuilder are problematic at present due to connection losses with the controller machine. We understand the cause and will be migrating the controller to a new server/location in the next maintenance window to address this.
  • A number of invasive bitbake changes have merged including a change to add threading to bitbake’s server/cooker. This will allow us to attempt to resolve various UI/server hang related open bugs and to improve the user experience, e.g. Ctrl+C handling. If people do see issues with hangs, please report them and include the tail end of the bitbake-cookerdaemon.log file.
  • The bitbake cache changes to optionally include more hash debugging information did merge. This currently triggers only for the bitbake -S operations but once that mode is triggered for memory resident bitbake, it is “sticky” and will remain set until it unloads. We have seen some OOM issues on autobuilder workers which may be related to this, more debugging is needed to check on bitbake’s memory usage.
  • Automatic bitbake function library dependency code has also merged and is active. This should let us migrate class code to become library code for performance improvements.
  • A bug in the layer.conf variable changes was identified which was causing re-parsing when it wasn’t necessary. A fix has been merged to address that.
  • The OE TSC decided in favour of adding export flag expansion despite the performance impact so that patch will be queued.
  • We merged a number of neat rust improvements which add on target cargo support and added automated QA tests for this functionality so we can ensure it continues to work and doesn’t regress. Thanks Alex Kiernan, we hope to see more series like this one!
  • CVE levels in master have improved but still need a little work
  • The autobuilder maintenance window is moving from Friday to Monday.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M1 is released
  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.6 is released
  • YP 4.1.2 build date 2023/01/09
  • YP 4.1.2 Release date 2023/01/20
  • YP 3.1.22 build date 2023/01/16
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

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