Yocto Project Status WW25'20

Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Stephen Jolley]

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Current Dev Position: YP 3.2 M2

Next Deadline: YP 3.2 M2 build date 2020/7/27

 

Next Team Meetings:

*	Bug Triage meeting Thursday June 25th at 7:30am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/454367603> https://zoom.us/j/454367603)
*	Monthly Project Meeting Tuesday July 7th at 8am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/990892712> https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*	Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday June 23th  at 8am PDT (
<https://zoom.us/j/990892712> https://zoom.us/j/990892712)
*	Twitch -  See http://www.twitch.tv/letoatreidesthe2nd

 

Key Status/Updates:

*	YP 3.1.1 was released
*	YP 3.2 M1 is through QA and awaiting a release decision. The only
defects found were two valgrind ptest results so it's likely to release.
*	We are struggling with maintainers for some key components of the
system/infrastructure such as devtool, wic, buildhistory and
patchwork/patchtest. If anyone can help in these areas please contact
Richard.
*	We continue to be concerned about autobuilder stability, we're
continuing to see high numbers of intermittent failures (along with
instability in upstream repositories which is now also breaking builds). A
list of issues was posted to the OE-Core mailing list, there are other older
bugs which have also recurred. We have figured out some fixes but help is
urgently needed to bring these to a manageable level.
*	If anyone has thoughts on attracting and recognising project
contributors and contributions, we would be interested in ideas and
assistance in that area.
*	There remain a large number of bugs that we'd ideally like to fix in
3.2 M2 but they are "unassigned", there is nobody to work on them. If anyone
has time, looking at these bugs would be a great way to help us. See:
<https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_3.2_Unassigned_Enha
ncements.2FBugs>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_3.2_Unassigned_Enhan
cements.2FBugs
*	We're pleased to announce we have a new manual in the Yocto Project
documentation 'bookshelf' which covers the project's testing processes and
infrastructure including the autobuilder and resulttool. A work-in-progress
version of this can be viewed here:
<https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/docs_temp/test-manual/test-manual.html>
https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/docs_temp/test-manual/test-manual.html. So
far, it contains basic information in key areas, we're happy to take
feedback on areas that are missing or need more information and/or take
contributions to further extend this work.
*	Next week is ELC which is taking place virtually this year and Yocto
Project has a presence there. There is also a virtual Yocto Project
Developer Day:
<https://events.linuxfoundation.org/yocto-dev-day-north-america/>
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/yocto-dev-day-north-america/
*	On a positive note, we are looking the closest we've ever been to
upstream software versions thanks to AUH and work from Alex in particular,
the recent AUH reports have been shorter than ever with low numbers of
upgrade failures.

 

YP 3.2 Milestone Dates:

*	YP 3.2 M1 should be released shortly.
*	YP 3.2 M2 build date 2020/7/27
*	YP 3.2 M2 Release date 2020/8/7
*	YP 3.2 M3 build date 2020/8/31
*	YP 3.2 M3 Release date 2020/9/11
*	YP 3.2 M4 build date 2020/10/5
*	YP 3.2 M4 Release date 2020/10/30

 

Planned upcoming dot releases:

*	YP 3.1.1 was released
*	YP 3.0.4 build date 2020/8/10
*	YP 3.0.4 release date 2020/8/21
*	YP 3.1.2 build date 2020/9/14
*	YP 3.1.2 release date 2020/9/25

 

Tracking Metrics:

*	WDD 2545 (last week 2545) (
<https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html>
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*	Poky Patch Metrics  

*	Total patches found: 1298 (last week 1306)
*	Patches in the Pending State: 518 (40%) [last week 518 (40%)]

 

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@gmail.com
<mailto:sjolley.yp.pm@gmail.com> 

 


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Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Chris Laplante]

> * Next week is ELC which is taking place virtually this year and Yocto Project
> has a presence there. There is also a virtual Yocto Project Developer Day:
> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/yocto-dev-day-north-america/

Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day presentations? E.g. would someone who uses bitbake day-to-day but perhaps doesn't edit recipes benefit?
 
Thanks,
Chris

Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Khem Raj]

On 6/23/20 8:58 AM, Chris Laplante via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> * Next week is ELC which is taking place virtually this year and Yocto Project
>> has a presence there. There is also a virtual Yocto Project Developer Day:
>> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/yocto-dev-day-north-america/
> 
> Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day presentations? E.g. would someone who uses bitbake day-to-day but perhaps doesn't edit recipes benefit?
>   

I would say look at the schedule and see if there are talks of interest 
to you.

> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Chris Laplante]

> > Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day
> presentations? E.g. would someone who uses bitbake day-to-day but perhaps
> doesn't edit recipes benefit?
> >
> 
> I would say look at the schedule and see if there are talks of interest to you.

I did, but the schedule says nothing about the level of the topics.

Thanks,
Chris 

Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Scott Murray]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020, Chris Laplante via lists.openembedded.org wrote:

> > > Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day
> > presentations? E.g. would someone who uses bitbake day-to-day but perhaps
> > doesn't edit recipes benefit?
> > >
> >
> > I would say look at the schedule and see if there are talks of interest to you.
>
> I did, but the schedule says nothing about the level of the topics.

In earlier developer days there were two tracks, one for beginners new to
the project, and one for more advanced topics.  The last couple have just
had a single track that splits the difference with talks that target
users with intermediate or above experience with the project.  If you're
familiar with the basic concepts of OpenEmbedded / Yocto Project, I
suspect you should have no problems.

Scott

Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Reyna, David]

Hi Chris,

> "Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day presentations?"

The official description for the intended audience can be found here: https://www.yoctoproject.org/yocto-project-dev-day-virtual-north-america-2020/

We will be covering a lot of topics that can give you ideas on how to use OE/YP in perhaps new ways, for example in containers, virtualization, micro services, and CI/CD frameworks. 

There will be practical instruction in such topics as image size reduction. 

There will also be hands-on exercises in the kernel development tools and user space management.

There will be many ways to expand your horizons with Yocto Project at DevDay, to meet and hear the community experts behind all the magic, and even bring them your questions directly.

All of this plus being with people passionate about OE/YP and having fun at the same time! A bargain at any price!

- David


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Subject: Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

> * Next week is ELC which is taking place virtually this year and Yocto Project
> has a presence there. There is also a virtual Yocto Project Developer Day:
> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/yocto-dev-day-north-america/

Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day presentations? E.g. would someone who uses bitbake day-to-day but perhaps doesn't edit recipes benefit?
 
Thanks,
Chris

Re: [OE-core] Yocto Project Status WW25'20

[Chris Laplante]

Hi David,

> > "Does anyone know what the intended audience is for the Developer Day
> presentations?"
> 
> The official description for the intended audience can be found here:
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/yocto-project-dev-day-virtual-north-america-
> 2020/
> 
> We will be covering a lot of topics that can give you ideas on how to use OE/YP
> in perhaps new ways, for example in containers, virtualization, micro services,
> and CI/CD frameworks.
> 
> There will be practical instruction in such topics as image size reduction.
> 
> There will also be hands-on exercises in the kernel development tools and user
> space management.
> 
> There will be many ways to expand your horizons with Yocto Project at
> DevDay, to meet and hear the community experts behind all the magic, and
> even bring them your questions directly.
> 
> All of this plus being with people passionate about OE/YP and having fun at the
> same time! A bargain at any price!
> 
> - David

Excellent, thank you! I was going to attend anyway :). Was just trying to figure out if others on my team might also benefit, and it sounds like they will.

Thanks again,
Chris