Weekly Status

Yocto Project Weekly Status Apr. 12th, 2022

Current Dev Position: YP 4.1 M1
Next Deadline: 30th May 2022 YP 4.1 M1 build

Next Team Meetings:

• Bug Triage meeting Thursday Apr. 14th at 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
• Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday May 3rd at 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
• Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday Apr. 12th at 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
• Twitch - See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester

Key Status/Updates:

• The next release, kirkstone will be 4.0 (previously known as 3.5) and will be bitbake 2.0 based.
• The first release candidate build for YP 4.0 (3.5) is in QA but has at least one issue which will mean we need a second release candidate build. We will build that after the final QA report is back.
• YP 3.3.6, the final hardknott release will build after 4.0 rc2.
• There are several issues which have arisen in the last week which mean we will need a second release candidate build:
  • edgerouter didn’t boot with rc1 due to a kernel patch issue
  • uninative didn’t work with libstdc++ from gcc 12 so we have an upgraded version
  • there were several CVE fixes that came in (libarchive, gzip, xz)
  • a key intermittent autobuilder fix was identified

 Not all of these were release blockers but together they mean an rc2 is appropriate.

• If anyone is aware of other issues in rc1 that need to be addressed in rc2, please let us know ASAP.
• YP 4.1 planning document is available for review at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-g7DatSdmIETwD3xFSCxV7MbWVVkpQvQ788mIr1MPTI/edit?usp=sharing
• If people see intermittent issues in their own builds, particularly if they’re the same as intermittent issues seen on the autobuilder, please do comment in the bugs mentioning when they happen as the frequency information does help us prioritize fixing the most common issues.
• Intermittent issues continue to be at high levels and help is very much welcome in trying to resolve them. 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 We did work out the cause of the infamous tinfoil wait_event intermittent issue.

Ways to contribute:

• There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
• 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
• 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 us resolve CVE issues: CVE metrics https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRgNISmH0Ditf0bRtSezeR2XsgKIiSFJKF6KJUHpnzocNGzvKZbuSDKfmV3n64BFXDRqElBSJnhHtG4/pubchart?oid=1993375488&format=interactive

YP 4.0 Milestone Dates:

• YP 4.0 is in QA
• YP 4.0 M4 Release date 2022/04/29

YP 4.1 Milestone Dates:

• YP 4.1 M1 build date 2022/05/30
• YP 4.1 M1 Release date 2022/06/10
• YP 4.1 M2 build date 2022/07/11
• YP 4.1 M2 Release date 2022/07/22
• YP 4.1 M3 build date 2022/08/22
• YP 4.1 M3 Release date 2022/09/02
• YP 4.1 M4 build date 2022/10/03
• YP 4.1 M4 Release date 2022/10/28

Upcoming dot releases:

• 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
• YP 3.4.4 build date 2022/05/02
• YP 3.4.4 Release date 2022/05/13
• YP 4.0.1 build date 2022/05/16
• YP 4.0.1 Release date 2022/05/27
• YP 3.1.17 build date 2022/06/06
• YP 3.1.17 Release date 2022/06/17
• YP 4.0.2 build date 2022/06/27
• YP 4.0.2 Release date 2022/07/08
• YP 3.1.18 build date 2022/07/18
• YP 3.1.18 Release date 2022/07/29
• YP 4.0.3 build date 2022/08/08
• YP 4.0.3 Release date 2022/08/19
• YP 3.1.19 build date 2022/08/29
• YP 3.1.19 Release date 2022/09/09
• YP 4.0.4 build date 2022/09/19
• YP 4.0.4 Release date 2022/09/30
• YP 3.1.20 build date 2022/10/10
• YP 3.1.20 Release date 2022/10/21
• YP 4.0.5 build date 2022/10/31
• YP 4.0.5 Release date 2022/11/11

Tracking Metrics:

• WDD 2597 (last week 2589) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
• Poky Patch Metrics
  • Total patches found: 1203 (last week 1200)
  • Patches in the Pending State: 343 (29%) [last week 342 (28%)]

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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