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== Yocto Project Weekly Status September 26th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Status 25 August 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-08-31<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 27th Aug. 7:30am PDT (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 25th Aug. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Twitch - See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 27th Aug. 10am GMT and Monday 31st Aug. 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.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 6.0.3 is in QA.
*YP 3.1.28 is under review for release
*YP 6.1 M3 is due in one week and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
*YP 4.0.13 rc2 is in QA
*For 6.1 M3 our plans are to merge rpm 6, merge openssl 4 and update to the 7.2 kernel. If there are any other major changes planned, please let us know ASAP!
*The numpy reproducibility issue remains and is proving extremely problematic with many failed builds. We may have to merge the debug patch into master.
*AI scrapers and bots continue to impact the infrastructure, taking huge amounts of time for our sysadmins and with a significant cost impact to the project.
*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
*We continue to try and keep up to date with upstream releases through the AUH, big thanks to those sending version updates and fixing version update issues. It is worth noting that the ‘success’ updates do still need work on the commit message changelogs and much of this work is being pushed to Richard.
*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.
*There are two AB-INT issues which are in a position where others could now help, as detailed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/242105:
*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.
**Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
*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.
**aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
*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.
We get a lot of comments about these being hard to reproduce or work on, in both cases, these have specific well defined things which need to be done and a basic understanding of what the issue relates to, if not the actual fix.
*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.
*Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
**other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
**sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
**intermittent ptest failures in many recipes


'''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!
*We have several open issues for pseudo and limited maintainer time to work on them. Help from someone familiar with systems programming in C would be greatly appreciated. https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=661406&priority=High&priority=Medium%2B&product=Pseudo&query_format=advanced&resolution=---
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
*There are a large number of intermittent failures on our autobuilder, any help with investigating, reproducing or solving these issues would be welcome! https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/abint/
*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
*Many recipes in openembedded-core would benefit from a new recipe maintainer. Please look at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc and see if you can adopt any of the unassigned recipes.
*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.
*For more ways to contribute, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/18oxKWxLorfF813h82mK6yKTIHeBp_-9owFuCWbzgjOk/edit?usp=sharing
*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.


'''YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''New to the project?'''<br/>
*YP 4.3 M3 was released.
*We have a list of issues we think are good places to start contributing: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=NEWCOMER
*YP 4.3 M4 build date  2023/10/02
 
*YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2659 (last week 2704) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1028 (last week 1030)
**Patches in the Pending State: 139 (14%) [last week 139 (14%)]
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming development releases:'''<br/>
*YP 5.0 M1 build date 2023/12/04
*6.1 M3:
*YP 5.0 M1 Release date 2023/12/15
**Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 5.0 M2 build date  2024/01/15
**Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
*YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
*6.1.0:
*YP 5.0 M3 build date  2024/02/19
**Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
**Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02
*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 6.0.3 is in QA.
*YP 4.0.13 is in QA
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
*YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
*YP 5.0.20
*YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
**Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
*YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
*YP 6.0.4
*YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
**Build Date w/c 2026-09-28
*YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 4.3.1 build date 2023/11/27
*YP 5.0.21
*YP 4.3.1 Release date 2023/12/08
**Build Date w/c 2026-10-05
*YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-19
*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/>
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*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 ==
*[[2026 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[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]]

Latest revision as of 14:45, 25 August 2026

Yocto Project Status 25 August 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3
Next Deadline: YP 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-08-31

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 6.0.3 is in QA.
  • YP 6.1 M3 is due in one week and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
  • For 6.1 M3 our plans are to merge rpm 6, merge openssl 4 and update to the 7.2 kernel. If there are any other major changes planned, please let us know ASAP!
  • AI scrapers and bots continue to impact the infrastructure, taking huge amounts of time for our sysadmins and with a significant cost impact to the project.
  • We continue to try and keep up to date with upstream releases through the AUH, big thanks to those sending version updates and fixing version update issues. It is worth noting that the ‘success’ updates do still need work on the commit message changelogs and much of this work is being pushed to Richard.
  • There are two AB-INT issues which are in a position where others could now help, as detailed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/242105:
    • Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
    • aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue

We get a lot of comments about these being hard to reproduce or work on, in both cases, these have specific well defined things which need to be done and a basic understanding of what the issue relates to, if not the actual fix.

  • Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
    • other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
    • sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
    • intermittent ptest failures in many recipes

Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:

Upcoming development releases:

  • 6.1 M3:
    • Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
    • Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
  • 6.1.0:
    • Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
    • Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 6.0.3 is in QA.
    • Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
  • YP 5.0.20
    • Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
    • Release Date w/c 2026-08-31
  • YP 6.0.4
    • Build Date w/c 2026-09-28
    • Release Date w/c 2026-10-12
  • YP 5.0.21
    • Build Date w/c 2026-10-05
    • Release Date w/c 2026-10-19

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

Archives