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== Yocto Project Weekly Status Aug. 25, 2020 ==
== Yocto Project Status 24 March 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 3.2 M3<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 3.2 M3 build date 2020/8/31 - FEATURE FREEZE<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday Aug 27th at 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 26th Mar. 7:30am PDT (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 24th Mar. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday Aug 25th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 26th Mar. 10am GMT and Monday 30th Mar. 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.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 6.0 M2 has been released.
*M3 is due to close at the end of the week and this is the feature freeze point for 3.2
*YP 4.0.34 is due to be released.
*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.
*YP 5.3.3 is in review after QA.
*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.
*YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
*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.
*YP 6.0 M3 is now due to build however there are many key changes needed still missing.
*We may delay M3 slightly to enable the bitbake server changes to merge since these are important for release and work making/merging.
**Issues still pending:
*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.
**Splitting wic into an external tool.
*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
**Deprecation of ltp (upstream dropped runltp and mandate kirk)
*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.
**How to improve DEBUG_BUILD?
*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!
**DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
*Some long standing musl SDK issues should be resolved now.
**SBOM/cve-check changes.
**AB-INT: opkg-build segmentation fault (memory corruption in pseudo?) (#16078)
*Issues that are mostly known quantities still needing work:
**x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
**Failure to generate regression reports in release builds
**Reconcile poky and OE-Core defaults templates.
**Resolve Fedora 43 selftest failures
**Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with –machines
*Issues that were resolved this week:
**Switching to pkg-config.
**Allowing non-destructive git fetcher updates for bitbake-setup (further tweaks still being discussed)
*We are seeing issues with older versions of tar on RHEL 9 derived distros (selinux triggers due to xattrs)
*We’re working through the backlog of patches and intermittent build failures are still problematic. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.
 
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
*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 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/
*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.
*For more ways to contribute, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/18oxKWxLorfF813h82mK6yKTIHeBp_-9owFuCWbzgjOk/edit?usp=sharing


'''New to the project?'''<br/>
*We have a list of issues we think are good places to start contributing: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=NEWCOMER


'''YP 3.2 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*YP 3.2 M3 build date 2020/8/31
*WDD 2841 (last week 2866) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*YP 3.2 M3 Release date 2020/9/11
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*YP 3.2 M4 build date 2020/10/5
**Total patches found: 1069 (last week 1081)
*YP 3.2 M4 Release date 2020/10/30
**Patches in the Pending State: 152 (14%) [last week 151 (14%)]
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''Planned upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 3.0.4 was released
*YP 6.0 M2 was released.
*YP 3.1.3 build date 2020/9/14
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
*YP 3.1.3 release date 2020/9/25
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04


'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*WDD 2424 (last week 2429) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*YP 4.0.34 ready for release.
*Poky Patch Metrics 
*YP 5.3.3 is in review.
**Total patches found: 1273 (last week 1271)
*YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-30
**Patches in the Pending State: 502 (39%) [last week 495 (39%)]
*YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-04-15
*YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
*YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-22
*YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-20
*YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-05-06
*YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-27
*YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-13
*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 ==
== Archives ==
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*[[2020 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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*[[2019 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2018 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 24 March 2026

Yocto Project Status 24 March 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 6.0 M2 has been released.
  • YP 4.0.34 is due to be released.
  • YP 5.3.3 is in review after QA.
  • YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
  • YP 6.0 M3 is now due to build however there are many key changes needed still missing.
    • Issues still pending:
    • Splitting wic into an external tool.
    • Deprecation of ltp (upstream dropped runltp and mandate kirk)
    • How to improve DEBUG_BUILD?
    • DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
    • SBOM/cve-check changes.
    • AB-INT: opkg-build segmentation fault (memory corruption in pseudo?) (#16078)
  • Issues that are mostly known quantities still needing work:
    • x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
    • Failure to generate regression reports in release builds
    • Reconcile poky and OE-Core defaults templates.
    • Resolve Fedora 43 selftest failures
    • Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with –machines
  • Issues that were resolved this week:
    • Switching to pkg-config.
    • Allowing non-destructive git fetcher updates for bitbake-setup (further tweaks still being discussed)
  • We are seeing issues with older versions of tar on RHEL 9 derived distros (selinux triggers due to xattrs)
  • We’re working through the backlog of patches and intermittent build failures are still problematic. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.

Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:

YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 6.0 M2 was released.
  • YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
  • YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
  • YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
  • YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.34 ready for release.
  • YP 5.3.3 is in review.
  • YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-30
  • YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-04-15
  • YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
  • YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-22
  • YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-20
  • YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-05-06
  • YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-27
  • YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-13
  • 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

Archives