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== Yocto Project Weekly Status Sept. 1, 2020 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status Dec. 16th, 2025 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 3.2 M3<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 3.2 M3 build date 2020/8/31 - FEATURE FREEZE<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday Sept. 3rd at 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Dec. 18th at 7:30 am PST, then Thursday 8th Jan 7:30am (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday Sept. 1st at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Dec. 18th 8 am PDT, then Tuesday 6th Jan 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday Sept. 8th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday  Dec. 18th 10am GMT and Monday  Dec. 22th 9am PDT, then Monday 5th January 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xkiC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)  
*Twitch -  See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester
 
'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>


'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*YP 3.0.4 was released
*YP 5.3 was released, thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!
*M3 is due to close at the end of the week and this is the feature freeze point for 3.2
*YP 4.0.32 is in QA
*After much debugging, we’ve concluded the bitbake cooker/server launch process is terminally flawed, you can’t fork a python process into two independent python processes and have the internal python state machinery work correctly. *As such, we’re going to have to make some major changes to the way the bitbake cooker/server startup happens.
*The project will be taking a break from our regular meetings from 24th December until 4th January for the holidays.
*On a positive note, those server changes have forced many of the memory resident bitbake bugs to the surface and the new code appears to fix them, bringing memres bitbake much closer to being usable, maybe even becoming a default in this release if testing goes well.
*Patches for master are merging and the builds are looking greener, there is a problem with the test result regression reports still causing failures as well as some check-layer issues.
*There is concern about invasive changes like this with regard to LTS/dunfell where these bitbake bugs are also present. Ultimately we will make a decision about backporting based upon patch stability and user feedback from the LTS users.
*We have isolated the Fedora43 workers until we can root cause the binary problems it was causing when the sstate was shared to older systems
*We may delay M3 slightly to enable the bitbake server changes to merge since these are important for release and work making/merging.
*Further bitbake-setup changes under discussion for the new development cycle:
*The number of autobuilder intermittent bugs has continued to rise unfortunately. 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 with any of these would be much appreciated, unfortunately it is proving hard to find anyone interested in helping figure these out and they significantly hamper our testing.
**defaulting to a common sstate directory and hashequiv server
*One way to help the project is to help us with bugs that are currently unassigned but ideally needed during YP 3.2. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_3.2_Unassigned_Enhancements.2FBugs
**Allowing symlinking of local existing repos into the build instead of fetching
*There is a proposal on the bitbake list to remove globbing support from file:// urls. Usage of these urls currently breaks source file checksumming which users don’t realise, it can’t be fixed in a sane way so and the most common use cases has easy alternatives such as referencing a directory as a file:// url without globs so removing globbing support appears to be the best way forward.
*The project is exploring the idea of applying for funding for security related work. If anyone (individual or consultancies) has ideas, please talk to Paul/Richard/TSC. This is an opportunity to work on those issues you never have time/funding for!
*We have switched to the 5.8 kernel by default, it's taken a while to get through all the different issues but we appear to be there now, thanks to Bruce for working through many of them!
*We are considering entirely disabling the npm fetcher in bitbake due to the security issues until those are resolved.
*Some long standing musl SDK issues should be resolved now.
 
'''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: 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 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 identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/bugtriage/#newcomer-container
*There are bugs that are currently unassigned for YP 6.0. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium+_6.0_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.
*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
*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.
 
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2978 (last week 2963) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1086 (last week 1080)
**Patches in the Pending State: 152 (14%) [last week 152 (14%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 3.2 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''YP 5.3 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 3.2 M3 build date 2020/8/31
*YP 5.3 M4 is released.
*YP 3.2 M3 Release date 2020/9/11
*YP 3.2 M4 build date 2020/10/5
*YP 3.2 M4 Release date 2020/10/30


'''Planned upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 3.1.3 build date 2020/9/14
*YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05
*YP 3.1.3 release date 2020/9/25
*YP 6.0 M1 Release Date 2026-01-16
*YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
*YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26


'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
 
*WDD 2436 (last week 2424) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*Poky Patch Metrics 
*YP 4.0.32 is in QA.
**Total patches found: 1264 (last week 1273)
*YP 5.0.15 Build Date 2026-01-05
**Patches in the Pending State: 502 (40%) [last week 502 (39%)]
*YP 5.0.15 Release Date 2026-01-16
*YP 5.3.1 Build Date 2026-01-12
*YP 5.3.1 Release Date 2026-01-23
*YP 4.0.33 Build Date 2026-01-26
*YP 4.0.33 Release Date 2026-01-30
*YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
*YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
*YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
*YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
*YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
*YP 4.0.34 Release Date 2026-03-06
*YP 5.3.3 Build Date 2026-03-09
*YP 5.3.3 Release Date 2026-03-20
*YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-16
*YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-03-23
*YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
*YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-17
*YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-04-24
*YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-20
*YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-01
*YP 5.0.19 Build Date 2026-05-26
*YP 5.0.19 Release Date 2026-06-05


'''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 ==
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Latest revision as of 15:51, 16 December 2025

Yocto Project Weekly Status Dec. 16th, 2025

Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.3 was released, thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!
  • YP 4.0.32 is in QA
  • The project will be taking a break from our regular meetings from 24th December until 4th January for the holidays.
  • Patches for master are merging and the builds are looking greener, there is a problem with the test result regression reports still causing failures as well as some check-layer issues.
  • We have isolated the Fedora43 workers until we can root cause the binary problems it was causing when the sstate was shared to older systems
  • Further bitbake-setup changes under discussion for the new development cycle:
    • defaulting to a common sstate directory and hashequiv server
    • Allowing symlinking of local existing repos into the build instead of fetching
  • The project is exploring the idea of applying for funding for security related work. If anyone (individual or consultancies) has ideas, please talk to Paul/Richard/TSC. This is an opportunity to work on those issues you never have time/funding for!
  • We are considering entirely disabling the npm fetcher in bitbake due to the security issues until those are resolved.

Ways to contribute:

Tracking Metrics:

YP 5.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.3 M4 is released.

YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05
  • YP 6.0 M1 Release Date 2026-01-16
  • YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
  • YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
  • YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
  • YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
  • YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
  • YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.32 is in QA.
  • YP 5.0.15 Build Date 2026-01-05
  • YP 5.0.15 Release Date 2026-01-16
  • YP 5.3.1 Build Date 2026-01-12
  • YP 5.3.1 Release Date 2026-01-23
  • YP 4.0.33 Build Date 2026-01-26
  • YP 4.0.33 Release Date 2026-01-30
  • YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
  • YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
  • YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
  • YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
  • YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
  • YP 4.0.34 Release Date 2026-03-06
  • YP 5.3.3 Build Date 2026-03-09
  • YP 5.3.3 Release Date 2026-03-20
  • YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-16
  • YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-03-23
  • YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
  • YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-17
  • YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-13
  • YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-04-24
  • YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-20
  • YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-01
  • YP 5.0.19 Build Date 2026-05-26
  • YP 5.0.19 Release Date 2026-06-05

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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