Current Dev Position: YP 2.7 M3 (New feature Freeze has begun.)

Next Deadline: YP 2.7 M3 Cutoff was Feb. 25, 2019

SWAT Team Rotation:

• SWAT lead is currently: Ross
• SWAT team rotation: Chen -> Anuj on Mar. 8, 2019
• SWAT team rotation: Anuj -> Armin on Mar. 15, 2019
• https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Build_Failure_Swat_Team

Key Status/Updates:

• YP 2.7 M2 rc2 is being released today Mar. 5, 2019.
• YP 2.7 M3 has not yet been built but progress has been made in resolving several issues:
• bug 13178 “X server and matchbox desktop don't start up properly on beaglebone” was fixed
• multiconfig bugs have been fixed and a test case added
• qemu virgl code and selftests have been added (not enabled as default)
• qemu native build was split into user and system components
• lttng-tools ptest timeout fixed
• systemd version upgrade
• ltp recipe version upgrade
• perl ptest regressions fixed
• The list of remaining potential items for M3 is:
• 5.0 linux kernel (and libc headers) (Bruce)
• qemuarm to v7 changes (Jon)
• Aarch64 build host support finalization (Jon)
• Busybox ‘full’ utility replacement (Tom)
• YP 2.5.3 is nearly ready for building however the autobuilder-helper changes need to be resolved for the stable branches, as do the resulttool changes in master to move to the new QA process.

Planned Releases for YP 2.7:

• YP 2.7 M2 Released Mar. 5, 2019
• YP 2.7 M3 Cutoff is Feb. 25, 2019
• YP 2.7 M3 Release Target is Mar. 8, 2019
• YP 2.7 M4 Cutoff is Apr. 1, 2019
• YP 2.7 M4 Release Target is Apr. 26, 2019

Planned upcoming dot releases:

• YP 2.5.3 (Sumo) will be targeted after YP 2.7 M2 is done.
• YP 2.5.4 (Sumo) will be targeted after YP 2.7 M4 is done.
• YP 2.6.2 (Thud) will be targeted after YP 2.5.4 is done.

Tracking Metrics:

• WDD 2436 (last week 2415) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
• Poky Patch Metrics  
• Total patches found: 1502 (last week 1516)
• Patches in the Pending State: 658 (44%) [last week 660 (44%)]

Key Status Links for YP:

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_v2.7_Status

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.7_Schedule

https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.7_Features

The Status reports are now stored on the wiki at: 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 Project Manager

( Cell:                (208) 244-4460

* Email: sjolley.yp.pm@gmail.com