[OE-core] [yocto] Subject: Yocto Project Status WW10’18

[akuster808]

On 03/05/2018 08:03 AM, Jordan, Robin L wrote:
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> Subject: Yocto Project Status WW10’18
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> Current Dev Position: YP 2.5 M3 final close out.
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> Next Deadline: YP 2.5 M3 cut off was 2/19/18
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> *** FEATURE FREEZE for 2.5 has passed ***
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> SWAT team rotation: Rebecca -> Cal on March 9, 2018
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> SWAT team rotation: Cal -> Armin on March 16, 2018
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> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Build_Failure_Swat_Team
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> Key Status/Updates:
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>   * YP 2.5 M2 was released February 27.
>       o This milestone release includes CVE fixes and 60 recipe
>         upgrades*. * It incorporates security fixes**with upgrades to
>         gcc and kernels to all current stable versions.  Headline
>         changes include reproducibility improvements, gettext build
>         performance, image generation, and cmake using Ninja by
>         default.  This release added gobject-introspection tests to
>         testimage, integrated support for the Meson build system,
>         Python build/packaging refactoring, and redesigned postinstall
>         script handling.
>   * YP 2.2.3 was released February 27.
>       o A total of**97 CVE fixes** and other fixes to work with GCC 7
>         on newer host OSs.
>       o We have committed to a 2.2.4 release to integrate all
>         remaining security fixes.
>   * YP 2.4.2 RC2 came out of QA today (report at
>     https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/WW10_-_2018-03-05-_Full_Test_Cycle_-_2.4.2_rc2)
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>   * YP 2.5 M3 is in final feature freeze. Reviewing last week’s
>     required features:
>       o 2.27 glibc upgrade has been merged. This meant making SDK
>         changes so they’re all ~50M larger now thanks to the need to
>         ship locales. However the same underlying code could be reused
>         to generate locale archives in images, which will make those
>         smaller.
>       o kernel-devsrc size reduction: the blocking issue has been
>         resolved so waiting for an updated patch.
>       o pseudo upgrade has been merged which should solve many issues,
>         and Peter is investigating the long-standing host
>         contamination issue.
>       o Still need to resolve the multilib SDK patch series.
>       o Package feed filtering has been merged.
>       o Image EFI configuration rework under review now.
>   * Performance metrics indicate that a recent merge has caused a
>     slowdown in build times.
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Is this data publicly available?

>   *  It is suspected that the glibc upgrade is the cause of this
>     although help would be appreciated to verify this.
>   * Flood of last-minute upgrades continuing to be reviewed and merged
>     if low-impact.
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Is there a cut off on package upgrades?

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>   * Go upgrade/improvements are under review, possibly we’ll ship both
>     Go 1.9.4 and 1.10 in 2.5 but do plan to drop 1.9.4 from master as
>     soon as 1.10 doesn’t present compatibility problems.
>   * We’re continuing to work on the autobuilder changes and for
>     various reasons (inc. changes in people).  We would be in much
>     better shape to switch to the new codebase before release, rather
>     than waiting until early 2.6 to pick this work up again by which
>     time we’d have lost people and context. If we are to switch, we
>     need to build M3 with the new infrastructure. We plan to make this
>     switch for M3.
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> Planned upcoming dot releases:
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> YP 2.3.4 (Pyro) will be built when we figure out gcc backports.
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yocto-linux 4.10 still needs updating.

> YP 2.2.4 (Morty) will be built when we figure out gcc backports.
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kernel 4.8 has a pull request
kernel 4.1 pull request sent that includes  spectre changes and some
general fixes.

- armin

> YP 2.4.3 (Roko) is planned for post YP 2.5.
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> Key YP 2.5 Dates are:
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> YP 2.5 M3 is in feature freeze.  See status above.
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> YP 2.5 M3 was scheduled for release 3/2/18
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> YP 2.5 M4 cut off of 4/2/18
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> YP 2.5 M4 release of 4/27/18
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> Tracking Metrics:
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>             WDD 2663 (last week 2646)
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> (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
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> Key Status Links for YP:
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> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_v2.5_Status
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> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.5_Schedule
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> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.5_Features
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> The Status reports are now stored on the wiki at:
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Weekly_Status
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> [If anyone has suggestions for other information you’d like to see on
> this weekly status update, let us know!]
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