Re: [Openembedded-architecture] Recipes which should always be upgraded on stable branches

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@kernel.crashing.org>]

On 2/25/26 11:44 AM, Paul Barker wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been briefly discussing stable branch update policy with Yoann.
> There's a few recipes in openembedded-core which I would like to propose
> that we always update to the latest version on LTS and stable branches.
> These are recipes typically providing data that is expected to change
> over time, with little or no code.
> 
> You could say ca-certificates is already covered by the fact that
> security fixes are acceptable for example, but a clearer policy would be
> better.
> 
> Any policy change will go to the TSC for approval, the goal here is to
> get some review and input so that a concrete proposal can be put
> forward.
> 
> The recipes that come to my mind are:
> 
> - ca-certificates: To allow access to HTTPS resources we need to keep
>    these up-to-date.
> 
>      - Keeping this up-to-date is common practice in other distros.
> 
> - tzdata: To stay up to date with timezone or daylight savings changes.
> 
>      - Debian takes upgrades to this on stable branches
>        (see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tzdata).

I agree completely for the above two items.  Keeping these current is really 
important and history has shown that updating them doesn't cause issues.


The one below I don't have any experience with, so no opinion.

> - mobile-broadband-provider-info: To stay up to date with provider
>    changes.
> 
>      - The README file for this project says "The Package contains only
>        informational files so it's safe for distributions to grab updates
>        even during feature freeze and maintenance stages."
> 
> What opinions do other folks have?
> 
> Are there any other recipes we should include in this list?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> 
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