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== Yocto Project Weekly Status December 19th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status March 26th, 2024 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M1<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M4 - Final Release <br/>
Next Deadline: 15th January 2024 YP 5.0 M2 build<br/>
Next Deadline: 1st April 2024 YP 5.0 M4 build<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday December 21st at 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday March 28th at 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday December 19th at 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday March 26th at 8 am 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 3.1.30 is due to be released
*YP 5.0 M3 has been released.
*YP 4.0.15 and YP 5.0 M1 rc3 are in QA
*YP 4.0.17 is under review and due for release.
*The intermittent issues on the autobuilder continue to cause problems and along with issues in the regression reports, these lead to several rebuilds of M1.
*Steve is taking patches for Dunfell until around April 8 in preparation for an April 15 build. This will be the last release of dunfell.
*The intermittent issues are slowing down patch testing and merging. We simply don't have enough people to fix the issues quickly enough and the people we do have are struggling. This is now slowing down stable releases too.
*There was a regression on beaglebone in 5.0 M3 where X11 wasn’t working but this has been fixed in master ready for the release.
*We have realized there are problems with the serial port code in qemu which may be resulting in some hangs or other issues. We will likely end up removing the “dumper” code (target command and monitor) to improve performance and reduce the side effects that code is currently causing.
*A key worry now is the documentation for the release, especially given it is an LTS. There are emails on the docs list about this, help is much appreciated.
*Python3-maturin support merged, thanks Tim.
*For M4, we are still hoping to transition to a different public hash equivalence server before release. We have stopped taking general point release upgrades to recipes unless there is a security or other key reason to take them. *The key remaining fix needed before building is for the opkg lock issue.
*Rust updated to 1.71.1 but further updates are blocked on reproducibility issues.
*The opkg lock issue is now understood but the best fix is still under discussion/ development.
*Two small changes to dependencies for strace and util-linux were identified which should make a big difference to unlocking dependency chains and improving build performance, thanks Yoann. Small changes like these can make a big difference to performance overall.
*One set of the problematic autobuilder failures was tracked down to a queued but  unmerged bitbake patch. There are other intermittent issues which still need to be root caused, at least one failure was also due to system load issues.
*An issue in configuration in one of the selftests was identified which was preventing sstate reuse. Fixing this should improve build times by removing the need to build those separate artifacts.
*We continue to watch the NIST NVD (CVE database) issue and await further information about what the future holds there (https://nvd.nist.gov/  - “You will temporarily see delays in analysis efforts during this transition”)
*Regarding bugs, even if you can’t fix a bug, submitting a failing test case that can reproduce the issue significantly improves the chances it might get fixed.
*There will be no project public meetings on 26th, 28th December and 2nd January.


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
*As people are likely aware, the project has a number of components which are either unmaintained, or have people with little to no time trying to keep them alive. These components include: patchtest, layerindex, devtool, toaster, wic, oeqa, autobuilder, CROPs containers, pseudo and more. Many have open bugs. Help is welcome in trying to better look after these components!
*As people are likely aware, the project has a number of components which are either unmaintained, or have people with little to no time trying to keep them alive. These components include: devtool, toaster, wic, oeqa, autobuilder, CROPs containers, pseudo and more. Many have open bugs. Help is welcome in trying to better look after these components!
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
*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 5.0. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium+_5.0_Unassigned_Enhancements/Bugs
*There are bugs that are currently unassigned for YP 5.0. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium+_5.0_Unassigned_Enhancements/Bugs
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'''YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 5.0 M1 is in QA.
*YP 5.0 M3 is released.
*YP 5.0 M2 build date  2024/01/15
*YP 5.0 M2 Release date 2024/01/24
*YP 5.0 M3 build date  2024/02/19
*YP 5.0 M3 Release date 2024/03/01
*YP 5.0 M4 build date  2024/04/01
*YP 5.0 M4 build date  2024/04/01
*YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30
*YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 3.1.30 is ready for release.
*YP 4.0.17 is out of QA.
*YP 4.0.15 is in QA.
*YP 4.3.2 build date 2024/01/08
*YP 4.3.2 Release date 2024/01/19
*YP 3.1.31 build date 2024/01/22
*YP 3.1.31 Release date 2024/02/02
*YP 4.0.16 build date 2024/01/29
*YP 4.0.16 Release date 2024/02/09
*YP 4.3.3 build date 2024/02/12
*YP 4.3.3 Release date 2024/02/23
*YP 3.1.32 build date 2024/03/04
*YP 3.1.32 Release date 2024/03/15
*YP 4.0.17 build date 2024/03/11
*YP 4.0.17 Release date 2024/03/22
*YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
*YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
*YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
*YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
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'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2589 (last week 2565) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*WDD 2703 (last week 2706) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1156 (last week 1181)
**Total patches found: 1156 (last week 1148)
**Patches in the Pending State: 252 (22%) [last week 253 (21%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 249 (22%) [last week 249 (22%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


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== Archives ==
== Archives ==
*[[2024 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]

Revision as of 14:43, 26 March 2024

Yocto Project Weekly Status March 26th, 2024

Current Dev Position: YP 5.0 M4 - Final Release
Next Deadline: 1st April 2024 YP 5.0 M4 build

Next Team Meetings:

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.0 M3 has been released.
  • YP 4.0.17 is under review and due for release.
  • Steve is taking patches for Dunfell until around April 8 in preparation for an April 15 build. This will be the last release of dunfell.
  • There was a regression on beaglebone in 5.0 M3 where X11 wasn’t working but this has been fixed in master ready for the release.
  • A key worry now is the documentation for the release, especially given it is an LTS. There are emails on the docs list about this, help is much appreciated.
  • For M4, we are still hoping to transition to a different public hash equivalence server before release. We have stopped taking general point release upgrades to recipes unless there is a security or other key reason to take them. *The key remaining fix needed before building is for the opkg lock issue.
  • The opkg lock issue is now understood but the best fix is still under discussion/ development.
  • One set of the problematic autobuilder failures was tracked down to a queued but unmerged bitbake patch. There are other intermittent issues which still need to be root caused, at least one failure was also due to system load issues.
  • We continue to watch the NIST NVD (CVE database) issue and await further information about what the future holds there (https://nvd.nist.gov/ - “You will temporarily see delays in analysis efforts during this transition”)

Ways to contribute:

YP 5.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 5.0 M3 is released.
  • YP 5.0 M4 build date 2024/04/01
  • YP 5.0 M4 Release date 2024/04/30

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 4.0.17 is out of QA.
  • YP 4.3.4 build date 2024/03/25
  • YP 4.3.4 Release date 2024/04/05
  • YP 3.1.33 build date 2024/04/15
  • YP 3.1.33 Release date 2024/04/26
  • YP 4.0.18 build date 2024/04/22
  • YP 4.0.18 Release date 2024/05/03
  • YP 4.0.19 build date 2024/06/03
  • YP 4.0.19 Release date 2024/06/14

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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