Hi, all

Based on the discussion https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64493, we
make the conclusion to defer one week for edk2-stable202008 to include the
important patch for RiscV. Soft Feature Freeze (SFF) will start from today
(2020-08-24). Below is new edk2-stable202008 tag planning proposed schedule
<https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Planni
ng>
https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Plannin
g. If you have any comments, please raise it.

 

Date (00:00:00 UTC-8) Description

2020-06-03  Beginning of development

2020-08-07  Feature Planning Freeze

2020-08-24  Soft Feature Freeze

2020-08-28  Hard Feature Freeze

2020-09-04  Release

 

Because SFF date is changed, if the patches passed code review before SFF
date (2020-08-24), the patches can still be merged for this stable tag. Here
is the patch list those passed code review before new SFF date. For below
features, I will let the feature owner decides whether to merge it for this
stable tag.

 

Feature List:

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/63767 [PATCH] EmbeddedPkg/libfdt: Add
strncmp macro to use AsciiStrnCmp

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64363 [PATCH v5 0/3] UefiPayloadPkg:
Runtime MMCONF

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64354 [PATCH v4 0/8] Need add a FSP
binary measurement

 

Bug List:

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/50406 [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg/Include: Add
missing definitions of SMBIOS type 42h in SmBios.h

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64507 [PATCH v2 1/1]
UefiCpuPkg/MpInitLib: Always initialize the DoDecrement variable

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64539 [PATCH] Maintainers.txt: Update
Liming mail address

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/64529 [PATCH] .pytool/EccCheck:
Disable Ecc error code 10014 for open CI

https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/61938 [PATCH v2 1/1] MdePkg :
UefiFileHandleLib: fix buffer overrun in FileHandleReadLine()

 

The remaining patches can continue to review without break in edk2
community. If the patch is sent before Soft Feature Freeze, and plans to
catch this stable tag, the patch contributor need reply to his patch and
notify edk2 community. If the patch is sent after Soft Feature Freeze, and
plans to catch this stable tag, please add edk2-stable202008 key words in
the patch title and BZ, so the community know this patch target and give the
feedback.

 

Thanks

Liming