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<DIV>Minutes from the 2-day OE Developer's (American) Meeting in San Jose, CA in March. All errors are mine. These are also posted on the OE wiki page for OEDAM 2015.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">OEDAM: OpenEmbedded Developer's (American) Meeting<BR>March 27-28, 2015<BR>_______________________________________________________________________<BR>ATTENDANCE <BR> <BR>in room:<BR>mark hatle<BR>michael halstead<BR>bill mills<BR>paul eggleton<BR>denys dmitryenko<BR>sean hudson<BR>armin kuster<BR>tim orling<BR>philip balister<BR>sona sarmadi<BR>martin jansa<BR>ken sharp<BR>stephen arnold<BR>changhyeok bae<BR>herb kuta<BR>benjamin esquivel<BR>grant likely<BR>jefro<BR> <BR>phone:<BR>richard purdie<BR>belen barros pena<BR>beth flanagan<BR>bruce ashfield<BR> <BR>(Apologies if I missed your name - jefro)<BR>_______________________________________________________________________<BR>AGENDA & SUMMARY<BR> <BR>open issues & action items marked with =><BR> <BR>OEDAM 2014 summary<BR>=> Lava - kernel ci can use it, not required; YP QA team experimenting<BR>=> TSC role - board needs to run election, koen willing to be replaced<BR> why is embedded still hard - progress making it marginally easier<BR> layer quality - ongoing process<BR> lune - setup image replacement, spurred demo discussion<BR> next +1 - discussed<BR> local.conf from third parties -<BR> <BR>Security<BR> testing security patches high priority, not all in one place<BR>=> sona proposed security mailing list for monitoring, patches, policy<BR> & agreed to investigate possible CVE database<BR> owner: sona & fray<BR> <BR>Infrastructure<BR> github repos - obsolete repos going away June 30<BR> make it obvious github is a mirror<BR> OE-classic - keeping for historical reasons only<BR>=> read-only & rename to oe-classic? oe-obsolete?<BR>=> ok to disable push requests from github.com?<BR> owner: crofton<BR> <BR>Layer maintenance<BR> build status reporting is better, incl. blacklisting bad recipes<BR> layer index is very positive, does not (yet?) report layer quality<BR> possible toaster integration in the future<BR> <BR>Improving demos<BR> noted SDR demo in YP booth at ELC running on different SoCs<BR> html5/luna replacement for sato desired<BR> what is good for developers vs. what makes a good demo - discussion<BR>=> bmills suggested a monthly technical meeting to work on these issues<BR>=> jefro to schedule meeting about demos: test images, sato, etc<BR> identify problem, role of sato, suitable alternatives & usage cases<BR> <BR>Patch review process<BR> RP outlined patch review process<BR> some aberrations in process illustrated - need tool improvement <BR> some resources could be put into improving patchwork<BR> to automate some processes that are currently manual<BR> paul suggests adding functionality tests<BR>=> general conclusion to focus on package managers, feeds, tools<BR> <BR>=> sources from bitbake world builds moving to new location<BR> crofton/michael will update DNS, should be invisible<BR> <BR>Tests<BR> autobuilder provides many testing featuers, automated qemu, ptests<BR> OE self test doesn't run on autobuilder (takes too long)<BR>=> need more resources from community<BR> test mentoring helpful<BR> <BR>Development cycle<BR> paul asks whether the current dev cycle works<BR> 4-cycle system w/milestones (in YP) works well<BR> testing could be improved as per previous discussion<BR> some people still hold things back until last minute, RC process<BR> using smart for RPM: <BR>=> smart needs a new maintainer<BR> brief discussion about YP technical call - terse agenda & minutes<BR>=> jefro to work with sjolley to add RP's readout to minutes<BR> discussion about collecting sources for an OE source mirror<BR> <BR># packages<BR> armin asks, should there be a limit on packages in OE<BR> fray & RP suggest OE has a self-imposed feature limit, by testing<BR>=> discuss within TSC<BR> <BR>documentation<BR> more technical documentation resources needed<BR>=> crofton to mention to Advisory Board<BR> <BR>OE eV<BR> SPI working well<BR> changing eV structure, sean streamlining, possibly moving to US<BR> next GA & possible OEDEM after ELCE in October/Dublin<BR> <BR>Community Development / Team Building<BR> Intro / crash course events<BR>=> jefro to investigate materials, resources for promotion<BR> Coordinated bug day sprints<BR> note: general feeling that janitors list is misnamed<BR>=> jefro - remind stephen to add triage info to bug list<BR>=> crofton/paul - set up bug day US a.m., UK/EU afternoon<BR> separate event for Asia<BR>=> jefro - investigate webinar format<BR> website/wiki<BR> wiki cleanup needed, Jack's front page work?<BR>=> jefro - organize as board/TSC administrative issue<BR> TSC meetings<BR> communication has been very important, now missing<BR>=> organize issues & meetings every 2 months<BR> community metrics<BR>=> jefro - work with board<BR> Other group/meetup activities<BR> openhatch, internship programs like opw<BR>=> all - contribute to Stack Overflow support/discussions<BR> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Courier New">next OEDAM concurrent with ELC in San Diego, March 2016<BR>_______________________________________________________________________<BR>DETAIL<BR> <BR>Full text minutes available at:<BR><A href="http://pastebin.com/jpAFDUCy">http://pastebin.com/jpAFDUCy</A><BR>or<BR><A href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16cueQXzrpvzhL7lzLiQxf5NZ4STYDffK0M3OLul0Fys/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/16cueQXzrpvzhL7lzLiQxf5NZ4STYDffK0M3OLul0Fys/edit?usp=sharing</A><BR> <BR>Full audio recording available on request (allow time for uploading)</FONT></DIV>
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