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== Yocto Project Weekly Status September 26th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status Oct. 28th, 2025 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 5.3 M4 - Stabilization and Final Build/Release<br/>
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 5.3 M4 Build Date 2025-11-10<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday September 28st 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Oct. 30th at 7:30 am PST (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday September 26th 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Oct. 28th at 8 am PST (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Twitch - See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Oct. 30th 10am GMT and Monday Nov. 3rd 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xkiC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)
 
'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>


'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*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 5.3 M3 is in QA
*YP 3.1.28 is under review for release
*YP 5.0.13 is under review for release
*YP 4.0.13 rc2 is in QA
*Documentation updates related to many of the recent changes are in progress, thanks to all who have helped on these.
*The numpy reproducibility issue remains and is proving extremely problematic with many failed builds. We may have to merge the debug patch into master.
*We have now past feature freeze for YP 5.3. To be accepted, patches that have a high bar until after we branch master from whinlatter. Known issues:
*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
**check-layer tests are now running under nodistro instead of poky, so some layers are failing as they assume some DISTRO_FEATURES are enabled.
*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.
**Toaster is broken with bitbake-setup (#16012). Help moving to supporting non-poky layouts would be good if anyone is using Toaster.
*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.
**The patch/cve metrics jobs need reviewing to be sure they’re correct with bitbake-setup (#16013)
*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.
**The build performance jobs don’t know that poky and oe-core are the same so the charts are currently wrong (#16014)
*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.
**Help welcomed to resolve these issues!
*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.
*Upstream linux kernel just end-of-life’d 6.16 but whinlatter contains 6.16. We are evaluating the situation with 6.17, feedback on it (for/against and known issues) would be welcome.
*“poky” as a combo-layer repository will soon no longer be needed or updated for master and whinlatter branches.
*There are likely going to be breaking changes to the npm fetcher related to ongoing security concerns.


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
*As people are likely aware, the project has a number of components which are either unmaintained, or have people with little to no time trying to keep them alive. These components include: patchtest, layerindex, devtool, toaster, wic, oeqa, autobuilder, CROPs containers, pseudo and more. Many have open bugs. Help is welcome in trying to better look after these components!
*As people are likely aware, the project has a number of components which are either unmaintained, or have people with little to no time trying to keep them alive. These components include: devtool, toaster, wic, oeqa, autobuilder, CROPs containers, pseudo and more. Many have open bugs. Help is welcome in trying to better look after these components!
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
*There is an issue open upstream with the openssl project related to making path relocation of openssl easier (as used in our buildtools tarball and SDK). We’d love assistance in moving this forward and getting some kind of upstream feature merged to make this easier: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/19260
*There are bugs that are currently unassigned for YP 4.2. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_4.2_Unassigned_Enhancements.2FBugs
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/bugtriage/#newcomer-container
*There are bugs that are currently unassigned for YP 5.3. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium+_5.3_Unassigned_Enhancements/Bugs
*We’d welcome new maintainers for recipes in OE-Core. Please see the list at: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc and discuss with the existing maintainer, or ask on the OE-Core mailing list. We will likely move a chunk of these to “Unassigned” soon to help facilitate this.
*We’d welcome new maintainers for recipes in OE-Core. Please see the list at: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc and discuss with the existing maintainer, or ask on the OE-Core mailing list. We will likely move a chunk of these to “Unassigned” soon to help facilitate this.
*Help is very much welcome in trying to resolve our autobuilder intermittent issues. You can see the list of failures we’re continuing to see by searching for the “AB-INT” tag in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=AB-INT.
*Help is very much welcome in trying to resolve our autobuilder intermittent issues. You can see the list of failures we’re continuing to see by searching for the “AB-INT” tag in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=AB-INT.
*Help us resolve CVE issues: CVE metrics  
*Help us resolve CVE issues: CVE metrics  
*We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
*We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
*Ongoing project development plans are being developed in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xsnN_HcaMhqg6Dn1P_19AnumDaUMQSdFZ_I4rjD830A/edit?usp=sharing We need to continue to develop this as it will allow us to potentially find ways to fund specific work items.


'''YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*YP 4.3 M3 was released.
*WDD 3001 (last week 3009) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*YP 4.3 M4 build date  2023/10/02
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27
**Total patches found: 1091 (last week 1091)
**Patches in the Pending State: 153 (14%) [last week 153 (14%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''YP 5.3 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
*YP 5.3 M3 is in QA.
*YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
*YP 5.3 M4 Build Date 2025-11-10
*YP 5.0 M2 build date  2024/01/15
*YP 5.3 M4 Release Date 2025-11-28
*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:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 3.1.28 is ready for release
*YP 5.0.13 is in review for release.
*YP 4.0.13 is in QA
*YP 4.0.31 Build Date 2025-11-03
*YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
*YP 4.0.31 Release Date 2025-11-14
*YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
*YP 5.0.14 Build Date 2025-11-17
*YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
*YP 5.0.14 Release Date 2025-11-28
*YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
*YP 4.0.32 Build Date 2025-12-15
*YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
*YP 4.0.32 Release Date 2025-12-24
*YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
*YP 5.0.15 Build Date 2026-01-05
*YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
*YP 5.0.15 Release Date 2026-01-16
*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:'''<br/>
*WDD 2475 (last week 2505) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1183 (last week 1185)
**Patches in the Pending State: 254 (21%) [last week 255 (22%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>
'''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>
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== Archives ==
== Archives ==
*[[2025 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2024 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]

Revision as of 14:50, 28 October 2025

Yocto Project Weekly Status Oct. 28th, 2025

Current Dev Position: YP 5.3 M4 - Stabilization and Final Build/Release
Next Deadline: YP 5.3 M4 Build Date 2025-11-10

Next Team Meetings:

Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.3 M3 is in QA
  • YP 5.0.13 is under review for release
  • Documentation updates related to many of the recent changes are in progress, thanks to all who have helped on these.
  • We have now past feature freeze for YP 5.3. To be accepted, patches that have a high bar until after we branch master from whinlatter. Known issues:
    • check-layer tests are now running under nodistro instead of poky, so some layers are failing as they assume some DISTRO_FEATURES are enabled.
    • Toaster is broken with bitbake-setup (#16012). Help moving to supporting non-poky layouts would be good if anyone is using Toaster.
    • The patch/cve metrics jobs need reviewing to be sure they’re correct with bitbake-setup (#16013)
    • The build performance jobs don’t know that poky and oe-core are the same so the charts are currently wrong (#16014)
    • Help welcomed to resolve these issues!
  • Upstream linux kernel just end-of-life’d 6.16 but whinlatter contains 6.16. We are evaluating the situation with 6.17, feedback on it (for/against and known issues) would be welcome.
  • “poky” as a combo-layer repository will soon no longer be needed or updated for master and whinlatter branches.
  • There are likely going to be breaking changes to the npm fetcher related to ongoing security concerns.

Ways to contribute:

Tracking Metrics:

YP 5.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.3 M3 is in QA.
  • YP 5.3 M4 Build Date 2025-11-10
  • YP 5.3 M4 Release Date 2025-11-28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 5.0.13 is in review for release.
  • YP 4.0.31 Build Date 2025-11-03
  • YP 4.0.31 Release Date 2025-11-14
  • YP 5.0.14 Build Date 2025-11-17
  • YP 5.0.14 Release Date 2025-11-28
  • YP 4.0.32 Build Date 2025-12-15
  • YP 4.0.32 Release Date 2025-12-24
  • YP 5.0.15 Build Date 2026-01-05
  • YP 5.0.15 Release Date 2026-01-16

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

Archives