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'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*YP 4.2 M1 and YP 4.0.6 passed QA and are due for release.
*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 to address this.
*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.
*That, combined with OOM issues from recent bitbake cache changes meant patches are merging more slowly this week.
*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.
*There are a number of bitbake patches pending which are a bit more invasive than usual. These are aiming to address:
*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.
**memory issues seen with the recent cache changes and bitbake -S
*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.
**UI hangs where the bitbake server has crashed/hung or otherwise failed
*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.
**issues where bitbake may have removed another server instances bitbake.sock network socket file
**console interaction issues where bitbake may not respond to Ctrl+C
**event handler race issues around datastore accesses
*The OE TSC decided in favour of adding export flag expansion despite the performance impact so that patch will be queued.
*The OE TSC decided in favour of adding export flag expansion despite the performance impact so that patch will be queued.
*CVE levels in master are concerning again
*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!
*With some debugging, the bitbake.sock disappearance was potentially identified and also issues with OOM process killing locking up bitbake’s server and UI were studied.
*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.
*We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
*There will be no status report next week, the next will be 3rd January 2023.


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>

Revision as of 15:46, 3 January 2023

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

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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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