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== Yocto Project Weekly Status May 4, 2021 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status May 11, 2021 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 3.4 M1<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 3.4 M1<br/>
Next Deadline: 7th June 2021 YP 3.4 M1 build<br/>
Next Deadline: 7th June 2021 YP 3.4 M1 build<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday May 6th at 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday May 13th at 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday May 4th at 8am  PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday June 1st at 8am  PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday May 11th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday May 11th at 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Twitch -  See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester
*Twitch -  See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester


'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*YP 3.2.4 is due to build this week which would be the final release in the 3.2 series.
*YP 3.2.4 is in QA and will be the final release in the 3.2 series.
*We are pleased to announce that our April 2022 release (potentially 3.5) will be the next LTS as per our original two year schedule. If there are features desired in the next LTS, now is the time to get them submitted and stabilized ready.
*We’re continuing to merge significant changes into master as patches are tested and reviewed. This included many version upgrades(thanks Alex) bringing us back up to date after the pause during stabilization.
*Patches are now flowing into master for 3.4 for M1 which is now undergoing active development.
*The multiconfig changes in bitbake continue to cause problems, we could do with simpler test cases to reproduce issues rather than huge builds.
*We upgraded to gcc 11, thanks Khem for a lot of work in getting up ready to do that!
*There is an effort underway to triage the remaining reported CVEs against master and improve our presentation with regard to CVE tracking.
*A couple of key fixes for multiconfig builds were added to bitbake.
*We have patches in review to enable SMP for qemu for arm and x86 machines
*A new uninative version was released to address issues found in patchelf with some native binaries, particularly when gold was used as a linker due to differing note section alignment values.
*We also have a proposal to change the default x86 QEMU emulation configuration to something more recent/modern
*We appear to have serial IRQ handling issues with qemuppc and would welcome help from anyone with knowledge in that area.
*We have switched some gnome components from gtk-doc to gi-docgen in line with upstream
*Several of the PRServ rework patches have now merged (thanks Paul).
*Intermittent autobuilder issues continue to occur and are now at a record high level. 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 are working to identify the load pattern on the infrastructure that seems to trigger these.
*Intermittent autobuilder issues continue to occur and are now at a record high level. 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 are working to identify the load pattern on the infrastructure that seems to trigger these.


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'''Planned upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Planned upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 3.2.4 build date 2021/05/3
*YP 3.2.4 is in QA
*YP 3.2.4 release date 2021/05/14
*YP 3.2.4 release date 2021/05/14
*YP 3.1.8 build date 2021/05/24
*YP 3.1.8 build date 2021/05/24
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'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2659 (last week 2645) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*WDD 2674 (last week 2659) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*Poky Patch Metrics   
*Poky Patch Metrics   
**Total patches found: 1322 (last week 1314)
**Total patches found: 1331 (last week 1322)
**Patches in the Pending State: 499 (38%) [last week 496 (38%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 497 (37%) [last week 499 (38%)]


'''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/>

Revision as of 14:52, 11 May 2021

Yocto Project Weekly Status May 11, 2021

Current Dev Position: YP 3.4 M1
Next Deadline: 7th June 2021 YP 3.4 M1 build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 3.2.4 is in QA and will be the final release in the 3.2 series.
  • We’re continuing to merge significant changes into master as patches are tested and reviewed. This included many version upgrades(thanks Alex) bringing us back up to date after the pause during stabilization.
  • The multiconfig changes in bitbake continue to cause problems, we could do with simpler test cases to reproduce issues rather than huge builds.
  • There is an effort underway to triage the remaining reported CVEs against master and improve our presentation with regard to CVE tracking.
  • We have patches in review to enable SMP for qemu for arm and x86 machines
  • We also have a proposal to change the default x86 QEMU emulation configuration to something more recent/modern
  • We appear to have serial IRQ handling issues with qemuppc and would welcome help from anyone with knowledge in that area.
  • We have switched some gnome components from gtk-doc to gi-docgen in line with upstream
  • Several of the PRServ rework patches have now merged (thanks Paul).
  • Intermittent autobuilder issues continue to occur and are now at a record high level. 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 are working to identify the load pattern on the infrastructure that seems to trigger these.

Ways to contribute:

YP 3.4 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 3.4 M1 build date 2021/06/07
  • YP 3.4 M1 Release date 2021/06/18
  • YP 3.4 M2 build date 2021/07/12
  • YP 3.4 M2 Release date 2021/07/23
  • YP 3.4 M3 build date 2021/08/23
  • YP 3.4 M3 Release date 2021/09/03
  • YP 3.4 M4 build date 2021/10/04
  • YP 3.4 M4 Release date 2021/10/29

Planned upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 3.2.4 is in QA
  • YP 3.2.4 release date 2021/05/14
  • YP 3.1.8 build date 2021/05/24
  • YP 3.1.8 release date 2021/06/04
  • YP 3.1.9 build date 2021/06/21
  • YP 3.1.9 release date 2021/07/02
  • YP 3.3.2 build date 2021/07/19
  • YP 3.3.2 release date 2021/07/30
  • YP 3.1.10 build date 2021/07/26
  • YP 3.1.10 release date 2021/08/06
  • YP 3.1.11 build date 2021/09/13
  • YP 3.1.11 release date 2021/9/24

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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