Re: Recipes which should always be upgraded on stable branches

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Wed Feb 25, 2026 at 6:44 PM CET, 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).
>
> - 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,

Hello all,

A quick update on this:
The YP TSC discussed and agreed that:
* ca-certificates,
* tzdata,
* wireless-regdb and 
* mobile-broadband-provider-info
can be regularly upgraded on stable branches.

So I'll gladly accept those upgrades.

Note that (as Paul noticed) the tzdata 2026a release announcement says
"It also has significant changes to code and to the build procedure.".
So some care will have to taken there...

Regards,
-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS