[yocto] Yocto Project Status WW07

[Jolley, Stephen K]

Current Dev Position: YP 2.1 M3
Next Deadline: YP 2.1 M2 Target release date is February 12, 2016 (Will slip a few weeks.)

SWAT team rotation: Juro -> Anibal
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Build_Failure_Swat_Team

Key Status/Updates:

  *   We merged a change to python function variable expansion which will likely cause some regressions in some metadata. We have scanned OE-Core for issues and they should have been mostly dealt with, there is the possibility there are still some other issues at large in other layers. The benefit of this change is a significant usability improvement and doing things in a way the user expects rather than surprising them.
  *   The M2-rc2 respin has been deferred to allow for stabilization of the master branch and to get various updates merged.
  *   M3 is fast closing upon us and is the feature freeze for 2.1. Please get all enhancement work and package upgrades in before the end of the month.
  *   There was a key issue in pseudo which is suspected be behind some of the permissions warnings seen in various places. The pseudo upgrade addresses this (Thanks Peter/Mark!)
  *   There were xattr issues in pseudo and e2fsprogs which have been addressed
  *   Some good news is that our "up to date" status on recipe upgrades is at some of the highest levels we've seen for a while!
  *   Automated Extensible SDK testing merged which should help catch regressions there.
  *   Toaster image customization merged, it's been worked on for a while, nice to finally get there!
  *   A key PR Service bug was fixed, upgrading is recommending if you rely on the data there.
  *   WDD and bug trend continue to rise to new heights. We are simply receiving more bugs than we have resources to fix/close.

Key YP 2.1 Dates:
YP 2.1 M2 Target release date is February 12, 2016 (Will slip a few weeks.)
YP 2.1 M3 Cutoff (Feature Freeze) date is February 29, 2016 noon GMT
YP 2.1 M3 Target release date is March 18, 2016
YP 2.1 M4 / Final Cutoff: March 28, 2016 noon GMT - Stabilization only milestone.
YP 2.1 Final Release Target: April 29, 2016

Key Status Links for YP:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_v2.1_Status
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.1_Schedule
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_2.1_Features

Tracking Metrics:
            WDD 2663 (last week 2570)
(https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)

[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
INTEL, MS JF1-255, 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124
*   Work Telephone:          (503) 712-0534
*    Cell:                                (208) 244-4460
* Email:                             stephen.k.jolley at intel.com

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