Frequently Asked Release Engineering Questions
= Frequently Asked Questions (Release Engineering)
When is the next major release? When is the next X.X.x release?
We release major releases at a 6 month interval. Generally, odd numbered releases fall sometime in mid-late October, even releases fall mid-late April. The next major release is due out Oct 18th 2013.
Point releases are released on an adhoc basis.
How long are point releases supported
From a release engineering standpoint, we have released point releases for the prior two major releases. This isn't Project policy.
We generally maintain autobuilder backwards compatibility for at least 5 major releases. This is slowly getting better, with the goal of being able to be backwards compatible for at least 3 years worth of releases.
Danny? Dylan? Denzil? How can I find out the name of the next Yocto Project major release?
We generally call the next major release by it's major.minor number up until about a month or so prior to the major release. In the spirit of full disclosure, we don't even know the name of the release until Richard Purdie comes up with it.
Where does the naming convention come from?
It's a secret!
How does the Yocto Project release software?
The Yocto Project's Release Process establishes the full process for both major and point releases.
How do I release my own board support package and put them up on the Yocto Project downloads site?
The Third Party BSP Release Process establishes the full process for BSP releases.
How do I maintain compliance with open source licenses?
Coming Soon
How do I release a product using the Yocto Project?
Coming Soon
meta-jarvis layer? kernel 0.98pl13? What is wrong with you people?
Every major release includes an easter egg or two within the Yocto Project's release notes.
Prior Easter Eggs included:
- Implementation of a magic smoke generator
- The meta-jarvis layer for the Iron Man suit
- The meta-yocto-classic layer, which includes mc.
Most of these are inside project jokes. For example, our community manager, Jeff "jefro" Osier-Mixon bears a resemblance to Robert Downey Jr. Richard Purdie has a love of mc. They're generally pretty obvious jokes, except when they're not.
