[OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW04'20

Tue Jan 28 16:01:23 UTC 2020

Current Dev Position: YP 3.1 M3

Next Deadline: YP 3.1 M2 in QA - release 1/31/20

Next Team Meetings:

*	Bug Triage meeting Thursday Jan. 30th  at 7:30am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/454367603> https://zoom.us/j/454367603)
*	Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday Feb. 4th  at 8am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/990892712> https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*	Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday Jan. 28th at 8am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/990892712> https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*	Twitch - Next event is Tuesday Feb. 11th at 8am PDT (
<https://www.twitch.tv/yocto_project> https://www.twitch.tv/yocto_project)

Tip of the Week:

*	The scripts in ${WORKDIR}/temp/run.XXX for shell tasks can be
quickly hacked and used for standalone debugging by replacing the function
call at the end with "bash -i" which will then drop you into a shell
environment matching the task being debugged (minus the fakeroot context). 
*	Bonus marks for anyone sending a patch to add the fakeroot context
as comments at the start of the scripts.
*	(send any tips you'd like to see here to Stephen or Richard)

Key Status/Updates:

*	YP 3.1 M2 is in QA but has issues with build reproducibility
*	We're unlikely to rebuild M2 as master has the same issues and they
look like they will take a while to resolve.
*	There are now serious problems with the build reproducibility test
failures on the autobuilder. We're not sure why there is a sudden set of
problems but they are real issues and causing most builds to fail. The tests
will have to be disabled unless they can be resolved quickly. There are
fixes merged for the CONFIG_SHELL issue and kbd and patches queued as a
potential fix for makeinfo. There are more remaining issues, some have open
bugs, others don't have bugs yet. Help with any of these would be
appreciated (or help filing the bugs).
*	We're collecting a list of companies, products and projects which
use the Yocto Project on the wiki:
<https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Project_Users>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Project_Users Please add any you know are
missing (or email Richard/Stephen who can add).
*	We have created a "documentation" list and a "licensing" list on the
yocto project mailing list infrastructure. We believe these topics would
benefit from dedicated discussions, the people involved usually aren't
interested in bulk email as would be found on other lists. The new lists can
be found at:  <https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/licensing/join>
https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/licensing/join and
<https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/join>
https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/join 
*	There is continued concern about the number of
recurring/intermittent failures in the automated testing, mostly from
selftest and testimage.
*	We continue to struggle to get clean 'full' builds due to the
reproducibility issues in particular.
*	The triage team is worried about attendance at triage meetings and
the project is finding it hard to find people to help fix bugs. If anyone is
willing to work on bugs, assistance would be greatly appreciated.

YP 3.1 Milestone Dates:

*	YP 3.1 M2 release date 1/31/2020
*	YP 3.1 M3 build date 2/24/2020
*	YP 3.1 M3 release date 3/6/2020
*	YP 3.1 M4 build date  3/30/2020
*	YP 3.1 M4 release date  4/24/2020

Planned upcoming dot releases:

*	YP 2.7.3 build date  2/10/2020
*	YP 2.7.3 release date 2/21/2020
*	YP 3.0.2 build date  2/3/2020
*	YP 3.0.2 release date 2/14/2020

Tracking Metrics:

*	WDD 2765 (last week 2758) (
<https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*	Poky Patch Metrics  

*	Total patches found: 1368 (last week 1357)
*	Patches in the Pending State: 545 (40%) [last week 536 (39%)]

The Yocto Project's technical governance is through its Technical Steering
Committee, more information is available at:

 <https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

The Status reports are now stored on the wiki at:
<https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Weekly_Status>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Weekly_Status

[If anyone has suggestions for other information you'd like to see on this
weekly status update, let us know!]

Thanks,

Stephen K. Jolley

Yocto Project Program Manager

*    Cell:                (208) 244-4460

* Email:              sjolley.yp.pm at gmail.com
<mailto:sjolley.yp.pm at gmail.com> 

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