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== Yocto Project Weekly Status Dec. 6th, 2021 ==
== Yocto Project Status 18 August 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 3.5 M1<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: 6th Dec. 2021 YP 3.5 M1 build<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 Dec. 9th at 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 20th Aug. 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday Dec. 7th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync  - Tuesday 18th Aug. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday Dec. 14th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 20th Aug. 10am GMT and Monday 24th Aug. 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 3.5 M1 is due to build this week
*YP 6.1 M3 is due in two weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
*YP 3.4.1 is likely to be released this week
*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.
*There were some changes to the yocto-check-layer script to verify more of the contents of README files which has led to improvements in a number of layer README files.
*We would like to remind everyone that AI-generated code submitted to Yocto Project must include disclosure of the use of AI tools, in line with our policy in the contributor guide (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/submit-changes.html#acceptance-of-ai-generated-code). Joshua has sent patches adding AGENTS.md files to bitbake and openembedded-core to prompt agents to follow this policy. We are discussing further updates to our policy on AI assisted submissions as this is a rapidly evolving area.
*The Yocto Project Summit and OpenEmbedded Developer virtual meetings last week seemed successful, thanks to the organizers and presenters for their hard work and presentations and everyone who attended to make it a success.
*There have been locking changes with do_fetch/do_unpack within the bitbake fetcher to allow better performance of builds with shared DL_DIRs. There are also performance improvements to the handling of repeated ssl connection queries.
*We have continued to audit a number of the patches in OE-Core with the removal of quite a number of obsolete patches and a number being submitted to the appropriate upstreams. This will result in an improvement to the quality of the core layer and make general maintenance easier going forward. Any help, particularly from those with knowledge of specific areas or upstreams would be most welcome.
*There is discussion on the architecture list about how we could improve the fetcher, particularly around how recursion is handled in git submodules: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/2416
*We continue to see a reduction in the number of patches in the “Pending” state. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to review patch status and handle accordingly, particularly where they were accepted upstream. This will significantly benefit the project in the long term.
*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.
*Intermittent issues continue to rise and help is very much welcome on these 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
*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:
*SWAT handling of autobuilder issues has sadly not been functioning correctly for the last couple of weeks with a large backlog of untriaged issues.
**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:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
*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 that are currently unassigned for YP 3.5. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_3.5_Unassigned_Enhancements.2FBugs
*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/
*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.
*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


'''YP 3.5 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''New to the project?'''<br/>
*YP 3.5 M1 build date 2021/12/06
*We have a list of issues we think are good places to start contributing: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=NEWCOMER
*YP 3.5 M1 Release date 2021/12/17
 
*YP 3.5 M2 build date 2022/01/10
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*YP 3.5 M2 Release date 2022/1/21
*WDD 2704 (last week 2694) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*YP 3.5 M3 build date 2022/2/21
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*YP 3.5 M3 Release date 2022/03/04
**Total patches found: 1030 (last week 1028)
*YP 3.5 M4 build date 2022/04/04
**Patches in the Pending State: 139 (14%) [last week 139 (14%)]
*YP 3.5 M4 Release date 2022/04/29
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
 
'''Upcoming development releases:'''<br/>
*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:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 3.1.12 is released
*YP 6.0.3 due to release
*YP 3.4.1 is out of QA
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
*YP 3.1.13 build date 2021/12/13
*YP 5.0.20
*YP 3.1.13 Release date 2021/12/22
**Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
*YP 3.1.14 build date 2022/01/24
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 3.1.14 Release date 2022/02/04
*YP 6.0.4
*YP 3.4.2 build date 2022/02/07
**Build Date w/c 2026-09-28
*YP 3.4.2 Release date 2022/02/18
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 3.3.5 build date 2022/02/14
*YP 5.0.21
*YP 3.3.5 Release date 2022/02/25
**Build Date w/c 2026-10-05
*YP 3.1.15 build date 2022/03/14
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-19
*YP 3.1.15 Release date 2022/03/25
*YP 3.4.3 build date 2022/03/21
*YP 3.4.3 Release date 2022/04/01
*YP 3.3.6 build date 2022/03/28
*YP 3.3.6 Release date 2022/04/08
*YP 3.1.16 build date 2022/04/25
*YP 3.1.16 Release date 2022/05/06


'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*WDD 2583 (last week 2578) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*Poky Patch Metrics 
**Total patches found: 1272 (last week 1271)
**Patches in the Pending State: 400 (31%) [last week 412 (32%)]


'''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]]
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*[[2024 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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*[[2020 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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*[[2019 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
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*[[2018 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2018 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]

Latest revision as of 14:45, 18 August 2026

Yocto Project Status 18 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 6.1 M3 is due in two weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
  • 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 would like to remind everyone that AI-generated code submitted to Yocto Project must include disclosure of the use of AI tools, in line with our policy in the contributor guide (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/submit-changes.html#acceptance-of-ai-generated-code). Joshua has sent patches adding AGENTS.md files to bitbake and openembedded-core to prompt agents to follow this policy. We are discussing further updates to our policy on AI assisted submissions as this is a rapidly evolving area.
  • There have been locking changes with do_fetch/do_unpack within the bitbake fetcher to allow better performance of builds with shared DL_DIRs. There are also performance improvements to the handling of repeated ssl connection queries.
  • There is discussion on the architecture list about how we could improve the fetcher, particularly around how recursion is handled in git submodules: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/2416
  • 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.
  • 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 due to release
    • 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

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