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== Yocto Project Weekly Status July 3rd, 2023 ==
No status report published this week.
== Yocto Project Weekly Status June 27th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status June 27th, 2023 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2<br/>
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'''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/>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC<br/>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC<br/>
== Yocto Project Weekly Status June 20th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status June 20th, 2023 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2<br/>

Revision as of 14:39, 11 July 2023

Yocto Project Weekly Status July 3rd, 2023

No status report published this week.

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 27th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.11 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.26 is due to be released
  • We’re pleased to announce that kirkstone LTS releases will be extended from 2 to 4 years and that project LTS releases will default to 4 years in future.
  • A lot of people have vacation booked for next week so we’re planning to skip a week with status reports and project meetings.
  • We have an open request for quotation for several engineering tasks/projects: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/
  • We have merged changes to make 64 bit time_t the default for several 32 bit platforms as part of our plan to handle Y2038 issues. This does break ABI and may need careful handling for those with binaries where compatibility is needed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 is ready for release
  • YP 4.0.11 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 20th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 was released
  • YP 3.1.26 is in QA
  • The project has some exciting plans in progress and we're now in the fortunate position of seeking quotations for some development work. For more details please see this page on our website: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/yocto-project-engineering-request-for-quotation/
  • The automated regression reporting saw some issues for the M1 report so this is being worked on.
  • There are pending patches to enable layer-<layername> overrides which is particularly useful for enabling layer specific QA checks. This does bring some changes of behavior for QA checks on bbappends
  • usrmerge is now enabled by default for poky-altcfg, in preparation for the changes being required by systemd.
  • The 6.1 kernel hang regression was identified and we reverted the problematic patch until the correct fix merges and filters through the stable kernel trees.
  • There have been a lot of ptest issues this week, not least after issues with “No-section” tracebacks were fixed, leading to an increase in reported failures as that was masking issues. There are some fixes proposed for ptest-runner but further help is needed on the various failures.
  • We have been approached by a potential new maintainer for the eclipse plugins. There were some questions about who was still using it and what the test matrix should look like so please let us know if you are and we can connect you.
  • The tunctl functionality for runqemu has been dropped as the ip tool can handle everything needed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is released
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 13th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M2
Next Deadline: 17th July 2023 YP 4.3 M2 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 has passed QA and is due to release
  • The 6.1 kernel continues to have stability issues which appear to be introduced between 6.1.26 and 6.1.28, we’ve not seen the issue so far with 6.1.27. We know it happens on 32 and 64 bit x86 and occurs even with just one CPU enabled. This has not been seen by other kernel users which is a concern too.
  • We continue to see problematic intermittent failures on the autobuilder. We’re struggling to make progress against these and they are feeling overwhelming. We’re open to ideas on how we might try and address them. Experience shows that if left unresolved/ignored, people do end up hitting them in real world usage or during testing of their own products.
  • The autobuilder test matrix has seen some revisions:
    • to split out toolchain testing to a separate target
    • remove some duplicate testing for efficiency
    • optimize reproducibility testing to improve speed

We’re also about to add limited meta-clang testing to the test matrix.

These should improve autobuilder test execution time but has made one test race issue much more common which will need to be addressed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is ready for release
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status June 6th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 is due to build this week
  • The remaining issue with SPDX manifest generation on the autobuilder should have been identified and fixed so we plan to enable the create_spdx class by default in poky assuming a successful test build.
  • The recent 6.1 kernel stable updates appear to be causing a couple of different intermittent autobuilder issues. We’re working to try and get to the bottom of that, we’re hoping further updates to the 6.1 series may pull in fixes for the regressions.
  • Patch merging has been slow this week as we struggled to bisect failures down to the problematic commits (potentially the sqlite version bump).
  • We continue to see problematic intermittent failures on the autobuilder. We’re struggling to make progress against these and they are feeling overwhelming. We’re open to ideas on how we might try and address them. Experience shows that if left unresolved/ignored, people do end up hitting them in real world usage or during testing of their own products.
  • There are a number of patches still queued in master-next as it is unclear whether they’re ready for various reasons. For bandwidth reasons these will likely be deferred to M2, people are just stretched too thinly to do otherwise, frustrating as it is.
  • Big thanks to Ross for helping look at the high number of CVE issues open against master.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 30th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2.1 and YP 4.0.10 have been released
  • M1 is due to build next week.
  • We upgraded to gcc 13 after fixes for the major issues in OE-Core were found
  • New uninative releases were made to enable support on distros where they’re upgraded to gcc 13 versions.
  • The 5.15 kernel was dropped from master in preparation for adding a new kernel version later in the development cycle.
  • There is discussion about changing the CVE_CHECK_IGNORE functionality, please comment in the discussion on the list if you have opinions on what we should do there.
  • FILE_LAYERNAME support was added to bitbake, paving the way for layer specific override support.
  • Autobuilder intermittent issues continue to be an issue. One set of intermittent issues was tracked down in glib tests and a fix was accepted upstream but other issues remain.
  • A number of recent changes combined together to lower our overall patch count to the lowest we’re seen in years, it is great to see patches improving over time, albeit slowly!

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.10 is released
  • YP 4.2.1 is released
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 23rd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.10 is ready to release after TSC review
  • YP 4.2.1 is in QA
  • M1 is approaching fast (two weeks left), so please try and get any major changes submitted soon.
  • Patches have been merging into master, thanks to everyone for both review feedback and iterating on patches
  • We need to upgrade to gcc 13 soon, this is blocking enabling Fedora 38 workers on the autobuilder as we don’t have a compatible uninative release.
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches. Adding to the documentation as we go will make the release a lot easier.
  • Autobuilder instability is a concern as known good builds are regularly hitting issues, particularly the “ubuntu 20.04 libgcc not found” issue which is likely python version specific but there are other intermittent issues too. As an example, three of the last nightly builds failed in succession. Due to the intermittent nature of these bugs, few people are willing to spend time on them but they mean patches are being very slow to merge. Help is very much needed but it is hard to be specific about where/what the issue is unfortunately.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.10 is ready for release
  • YP 4.2.1 is in QA
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 16th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.4 has been released.
  • YP 3.1.25 has been released.
  • YP 4.0.10 is in QA
  • Richard is taking this week off, Ross is covering in his absence.
  • M1 is approaching fast, so please try and get any major changes submitted soon.
  • The Edgerouter (MIPS64-based) has been removed from the reference hardware due to lack of support. Testing for MIPS64 platforms will continue using qemumips64. There will be further changes to the reference hardware platforms, specifically around 64-bit Arm testing.
  • Patches have been merging into master, thanks to everyone for both review feedback and iterating on patches
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches. Adding to the documentation as we go will make the release a lot easier.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.4 is released
  • YP 3.1.25 is released
  • YP 4.0.10 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 9th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 has been released, thanks to everyone who has worked on it!
  • YP 4.1.4 is due to be released
  • YP 3.1.25 is in QA
  • The warnings issues on the autobuilder have mostly been resolved but there are a number of lingering intermittent issues that we’re still working through.
  • Patches have been merging into master but there continues to be a number of issues being found in testing which does slow down the process.
  • There are time64 patches being proposed to handle Y2038 issues on 32 bit architectures which likely need further discussion since the compiler flag changes aren’t without risk and potential side effects.
  • The minimum kernel version for OE-Core is now set at 5.15 as part of the time64 work but also to aid performance.
  • We’re aiming to improve documentation as we go along in this release, please keep this in mind when sending patches!
  • There is a proposal on the bitbake mailing list which would allow the possibility of layer overrides, which could be useful for some of the QA checks recently discussed.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 was released

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.4 is ready for release
  • YP 3.1.25 is in QA
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 2nd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 5th June 2023 YP 4.3 M1 build date

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc3 has passed QA and is pending TSC approval for release.
  • YP 4.1.4 is now in QA.
  • Patches are merging into master for 4.3.
  • Emails to all currently listed maintainers have been sent to check the entries are up to date. If anyone is interested in taking on maintenance of any unassigned recipes, please send a patch.
  • We discovered warnings were not being correctly handled on the autobuilder after the buildbot controller upgrade. That should now be fixed but it means some regressions may have crept in, we’re working to confirm if that is the case or not.
  • We’re in the process of adding checks to ensure that ptests returning no test results trigger warnings. This should ensure we catch this situation earlier since ptests should always return at least one test result. python3-cryptography is an example of a recipe that recently regressed unnoticed in this way.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 is released
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 25th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 moved to an rc3 build since a kernel/qemu/drm issue was found which warranted a rebuild. This has not been picked up by QA yet.
  • YP 4.0.9 was released.
  • Since 4.2 rc3 was being built with kennel stable series updates, some CVE fixes and a high priority bitbake bug were also fixed.
  • Patches are merging into master for 4.3.
  • We’d like to thank Paul Eggleton for some great work on the documentation and release notes and catching a number of areas where we could improve the documentation for things that changed in this release.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 is released
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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


Tracking Metrics:


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

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 18th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M1
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc2 has passed QA and is likely to be released once we have TSC approval and the release notes and migration guide are ready.
  • YP 4.0.9 passed QA and is also due to be released imminently.
  • Patches have started to land in master for 4.3 and the branch is open for development
  • The OE TSC has been discussing some focused work on improving the patch submission and new user documentation. There are currently multiple out of date documents in various wikis and READMEs which contain good information but also things which are obsolete. The aim is to identify the documents which should be merged and turn them into one comprehensive document, likely in the Yocto Project documentation set. This new document would also address some of the changes in developer background we’re seeing, such as being unfamiliar with mailing lists.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.


Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 building
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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


Tracking Metrics:


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

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 11th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 28th April 2023 YP 4.2 Release

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 rc2 is now in QA
  • YP 4.0.9 is being built
  • Due to some concerns about crate urls, 4.2 rc1 was abandoned and rc2 built.
  • linux-yocto is no longer excluded from CVE reporting on master, thanks to all who have helped triage the CVE list for the kernel. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt
  • We’re happy to announce that Steve Sakoman is going to be supporting the mickledore stable series.
  • The langdale release series will now wind down after one final point release
  • Patches should soon start flowing into master for 4.3
  • The project is looking at a funding opportunity where projects with a specific development focus may be able to be funded. Ideas coming to mind might include bringing back patchtest or toaster’s automated testing. If anyone has ideas that we’d be able to find people to work on (contract based?) within a reasonable timeframe, we’d be interested to hear the things people feel would make the biggest difference to the project.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.9 building
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status April 4th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 final release will build this week
  • We’re not aware of any major changes still pending merge, release branches have been created.
  • We’re making a final cleanup of CVE data/patches and some host gcc version tweaks and then we should be good to make the release build for 4.2
  • The autobuilder controller upgrade has broken error/warning log extraction. If anyone has time/interest in fixing the log observer code, help would be welcome.
  • We have started reporting CVEs for linux-yocto on master to raise the profile of these issues and the need to improve the CVE metadata. https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.24 is released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 28th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.24 was released
  • YP 4.2 final release is due to build next week
  • Before final release we’d like to get updates to use the new CVE database format merged, there are also some rust fetch/tooling improvements that may also be potential merge candidates.
  • The glib-2.0 upgrade has reported issues with the malloc changes so we will defer that until after release.
  • There is some testing of the autoconf 2.73 pre-release version (2.72c) happening to ensure we’re in a good position when it finally does release, issues are being reported upstream.
  • The project autobuilder controller is now on the latest upstream buildbot version. Our plugins and other integration were updated to match.
  • Our autobuilder console UI has had some improvements to fix bug and improve the layout (https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/typhoon/#/console)
  • poky-bleeding should now be usable but hasn’t been integrated into our CI yet.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

YP 4.3 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28
  • YP 4.3 M1 build date 2023/06/05
  • YP 4.3 M1 Release date 2023/06/16
  • YP 4.3 M2 build date 2023/07/17
  • YP 4.3 M2 Release date 2023/07/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.3 M3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 4.3 M4 build date 2023/10/02
  • YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.24 is released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
  • YP 4.2.1 build date 2023/05/22
  • YP 4.2.1 Release date 2023/06/02
  • YP 3.1.26 build date 2023/06/19
  • YP 3.1.26 Release date 2023/06/30
  • YP 4.0.11 build date 2023/06/26
  • YP 4.0.11 Release date 2023/07/07
  • YP 4.2.2 build date 2023/07/10
  • YP 4.2.2 Release date 2023/07/21
  • YP 3.1.27 build date 2023/07/31
  • YP 3.1.27 Release date 2023/08/11
  • YP 4.0.12 build date 2023/08/07
  • YP 4.0.12 Release date 2023/08/18
  • YP 4.2.3 build date 2023/08/28
  • YP 4.2.3 Release date 2023/09/08
  • YP 3.1.28 build date 2023/09/18
  • YP 3.1.28 Release date 2023/09/29
  • YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
  • YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
  • YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
  • YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
  • YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
  • YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
  • YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
  • YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
  • YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
  • 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

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 21st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.3 was released
  • YP 3.1.24 has passed QA and is being reviewed for release
  • We are continuing to prepare for final release of 4.2 with the build now due in ~1.5 weeks
  • We’re happy to see a huge improvement in the reliability of the python ptests thanks to a dedicated pytest plugin to correctly format the output into a form we can parse, thanks Ross!
  • Work on making “poky-bleeding” operational again has highlighted some challenges around AUTOREV support. There are patches pending to bitbake (in -next) to highlight problematic situations users may end up in, wider testing of those patches by AUTOREV users would be helpful.
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.3 is released
  • YP 3.1.24 is ready for released
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 14th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.8 was released
  • YP 4.1.3 passed QA and is due to be released
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2 and preparing for final build in ~2.5 weeks
  • Patches continue to merge into master and there are some good bug fixes in there. Some version upgrades are merging either due to low risk or due to the likely need from other components during the lifetime of the release.
  • Support for parallel ptest execution with a ptest per image was merged, along with various dependency fixes for the ptest packages to ensure this works as expected. This takes ptest execution time from 3.5 hours to around 45 minutes on the autobuilder.
  • The bugzilla was upgraded to the version 5 series which brings access to the REST API and functionality useful to the triage team. Testopia was dropped.
  • Regression reports for release builds are now looking fairly accurate
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.8 is released
  • YP 4.1.3 is ready for released
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 7th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 was released
  • YP 4.0.8 is in QA
  • YP 4.1.3 is ready for QA
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2. We are continuing to merge some version upgrades where the stability of the release is unlikely to be affected.
  • Patches continue to merge into master and there are some good bug fixes in there
  • There is a bugfix for bitbake’s XMLRPC server mode but the lack of bug reports raise a concern about how widely it is being used.
  • There are a number of ptest related issues (mostly test naming) which the new regression reports are highlighting. If anyone is interested in helping clean up and improve the ptests and toolchain tests, please let us know.
  • CVE levels in the LTS releases are at higher levels than they have been for a while which is a concern.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 is released
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.8 is built and in QA
  • YP 4.1.3 is built
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 28th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M4
Next Deadline: 3rd April 2023 YP 4.2 M4 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.8 is ready to be built
  • YP 3.1.23 was released
  • We are now in feature freeze for 4.2. There are some patches which we will take in M4 such as the CVE fetching changes.
  • We now have the ability to track regression changes between releases using resulttool for example with a command like “yocto_testresults_query.py regression-report 4.2_M1 4.2_M2”. This did already spot one regression in quilt ptest which we’ve tracked down and fixed.
  • A regression report was included with M3 using the above tool automatically: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/releases/yocto-4.2_M3.rc1/testresults/testresult-regressions-report.txt - some tweaks are needed but it is good progress.
  • CVE levels in master look much better, thanks to everyone who helped. We are in the process of including kernel CVEs in these reports for master going forward.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
  • We have had patches from a few new submitters, this is very very much appreciated and great to see. Some bugs have moved forward as a result of this. All of these changes combine together to make the project what it is!

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 released
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 21st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3 Feature Freeze
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.23 is due to be released.
  • We are due to build M3 and are at feature freeze for YP 4.2.
  • We saw further version upgrades this week and a number of bitbake hang fixes or fixes for exits with no output. There are a few remaining issues to conclude then we should be in a good position to build M3.
  • CVE levels in master are reducing. The remaining concern is the large number of linux-yocto CVEs which have shown up since we last updated the exclusion lists. The full list can be seen here: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/cve-status-master.txt Help in resolving these so we can remove the exclusion on linux-yocto on all reports would be appreciated.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 is ready for release
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 14th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.1.23 was built and is in QA. There was an intermittent failure during the release build but this was a known issue recurring.
  • Next week is when M3 is due to build and this marks feature freeze for YP 4.2.
  • We saw a number of version upgrades this week (thanks Alex Kanavin).
  • There were also improvements to our runtime testing reliability (thanks Mikko Rapeli).
  • Of the issues discussed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476, the bitbake command timeout and PR serv async io issues still need to be addressed.
  • CVE levels in master are reducing but help in resolving the remaining issues would be appreciated.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.1.23 is built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status February 7th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.7 and YP 4.2 M2 were released.
  • The 6.1 kernel issues we were seeing on the autobuilder were resolved by a point upgrade on the kernel to address virtio networking issues and some patches to address perf reproducibility issues.
  • A summary of some of the key issues was sent to the mailing list: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476 The bitbake command timeout and PR serv async io issues still need to be addressed. Thanks to everyone who helped address the other items there, it was much appreciated.
  • We upgraded to glibc 2.37 and a corresponding uninative upgrade is pending.
  • Fixes for locale on target were merged with new automated locale tests to ensure these keep working.
  • We merged patches for basic loongarch support but there is no testing of it.
  • CVE levels in master are still high and we need to resolve several of the issues
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 is released
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.7 is released
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 31st, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M3
Next Deadline: 20th February 2023 YP 4.2 M3 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.0.7 and YP 4.2 M2 are in QA
  • We switched to the 6.1 kernel by default for M2. Unfortunately there are a couple of intermittent issues that seem to have crept in. One is a reproducibility issue in perf, likely with some host component causing it as it only occurs on second builds. The second appears to be an intermittent networking issue accessing a python http-server for testing dnf which appeared after the kernel version change.
  • We are continuing to see other intermittent failures which are limiting how quickly we can merge changes. A summary of some of the key issues was sent to the mailing list: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/176476
  • There have been changes to the way the codeparser cache in bitbake stores data which should reduce cache size, reduce the times data needs to be written out and generally help performance.
  • CVE levels in master are still high but there are patches in progress for most issues as I understand it.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 built and in QA
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.7 built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 24th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is due to be released and YP 3.1.22 is in QA
  • We had a few annoying intermittent autobuilder bug fixes this week, thanks to anyone who helped fix those!
  • Failures on the autobuilder slowed down patch testing and merging as builds took a long time to stabilize. Thankfully we believe the most frequently occurring issues have been fixed so things should speed up again a little this week.
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 is released
  • YP 3.1.22 is released
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 17th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is due to be released and YP 3.1.22 is in QA
  • We had a few annoying intermittent autobuilder bug fixes this week, thanks to anyone who helped fix those!
  • Failures on the autobuilder slowed down patch testing and merging as builds took a long time to stabilize. Thankfully we believe the most frequently occurring issues have been fixed so things should speed up again a little this week.
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 ready for release
  • YP 3.1.22 built and in QA
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 10th, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.1.2 is in QA
  • A large number of package upgrades have merged bringing us up to date with various upstreams.
  • We have started moving code out of core bbclass files into the function libraries to help reduce parsing memory use, volumes of data transfer and sstate signature data sizes. Help is welcome in developing further patches to improve our function libraries.
  • The autobuilder controller has been relocated to deal with connectivity issues, we do have some issues to iron out before things are back to normal service. We were unable to upgrade the buildbot version as there were too many other moving pieces.
  • We are trying to upgrade uninative to include libgcc to deal with pthread_cancel failures. Newer versions of patchelf are proving problematic and appear to be causing segfaults and we’re trying to untangle this from other issues.
  • We have reverted the tune for qemux86-64 back to corei7-64 since we still have v2 hardware that won’t work properly with v3 under KVM and similar.
  • A uninative bug has been exposed by recent bitbake datastore improvements which could cause sstate to be missed/duplicated.
  • We merged a number of neat rust improvements which add on target cargo support and added automated QA tests for this functionality so we can ensure it continues to work and doesn’t regress. Thanks Alex Kiernan, we hope to see more series like this one!
  • CVE levels in master are becoming worrying again, help would be appreciated to address the open issues.
  • The autobuilder maintenance window now occurs on Mondays.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.1.2 built and in QA
  • YP 4.1.2 Release date 2023/01/20
  • YP 3.1.22 build date 2023/01/16
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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

Yocto Project Weekly Status January 3rd, 2023

Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 4.2 M1 and YP 4.0.6 were released.
  • Builds on the autobuilder are problematic at present due to connection losses with the controller machine. We understand the cause and will be migrating the controller to a new server/location in the next maintenance window to address this.
  • A number of invasive bitbake changes have merged including a change to add threading to bitbake’s server/cooker. This will allow us to attempt to resolve various UI/server hang related open bugs and to improve the user experience, e.g. Ctrl+C handling. If people do see issues with hangs, please report them and include the tail end of the bitbake-cookerdaemon.log file.
  • The bitbake cache changes to optionally include more hash debugging information did merge. This currently triggers only for the bitbake -S operations but once that mode is triggered for memory resident bitbake, it is “sticky” and will remain set until it unloads. We have seen some OOM issues on autobuilder workers which may be related to this, more debugging is needed to check on bitbake’s memory usage.
  • Automatic bitbake function library dependency code has also merged and is active. This should let us migrate class code to become library code for performance improvements.
  • A bug in the layer.conf variable changes was identified which was causing re-parsing when it wasn’t necessary. A fix has been merged to address that.
  • The OE TSC decided in favour of adding export flag expansion despite the performance impact so that patch will be queued.
  • We merged a number of neat rust improvements which add on target cargo support and added automated QA tests for this functionality so we can ensure it continues to work and doesn’t regress. Thanks Alex Kiernan, we hope to see more series like this one!
  • CVE levels in master have improved but still need a little work
  • The autobuilder maintenance window is moving from Friday to Monday.
  • We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.

Ways to contribute:

YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 4.2 M1 is released
  • YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
  • YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
  • YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
  • YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
  • YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.6 is released
  • YP 4.1.2 build date 2023/01/09
  • YP 4.1.2 Release date 2023/01/20
  • YP 3.1.22 build date 2023/01/16
  • YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
  • YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
  • YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
  • YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
  • YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
  • YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
  • YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
  • YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
  • YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
  • YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
  • YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
  • YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
  • YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
  • YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
  • YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
  • YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
  • YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
  • YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
  • YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26

Tracking Metrics:

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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