Re: EDK II Stable Tag release edk2-stable201808 and quiet period starting today

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 08/08/18 16:16, Kinney, Michael D wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I sent an RFC for review on EDK II stable tags.
>
> https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2018-June/026474.html
>
> There were no objections and we would like to move forward
> with the an EDK II Stable Tag release.  The original goal was
> 8/10/2018.  I have seen a request to move the stable tag
> release out a few days.
>
> I recommend we target 8/15/2018 and start a quiet period
> on edk2/master starting today.  This means critical bug
> fixes only on edk2/master.  New features and large changes
> should be held until the edk2-stable201808 tag is created.
>
> Please use Bugzilla for the critical issues that must be
> fixed before the tag is created.
>
> https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/

The following commits have been pushed since we entered the quiet period
(the last commit before it was 9e6c4f1527e6, "FmpDevicePkg FmpDxe: Lock
variables in entrypoint instead of callback"):

   1  3781f14c31e0 SecurityPkg/Library/Tpm2DeviceLibDTpm: fix s/Constructor/CONSTRUCTOR

This is a critical bugfix, satisfying the requirement.

   2  b3e1e343fe34 SecurityPkg: HashLib: Update HashLib file GUID

Can also be considered an important bugfix (GUID duplication), although
the commit does not name a TianoCore BZ.

   3  10ea1b6853f9 Maintainers.txt: Add FmpDevicePkg maintainers

Can be considered an important bugfix (no maintainers listed for a
top-level package). Misses a TianoCore BZ reference.

   4  45e076b7a720 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg/Override/Bds: Add test key notification
   5  dc65dd5be697 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg/Feature/Capsule: Add FmpDeviceLib instances
   6  d3049066ca25 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg/Capsule: Add scripts to generate capsules
   7  1aa9314e3a84 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Update DSC/FDF to use FmpDevicePkg

These commits violate the quiet period. They add a feature.

   8  667abfaf8a16 UefiCpuPkg: Removing ipf which is no longer supported from edk2.
   9  df49a85dbcc6 CorebootModulePkg: Removing ipf from edk2.
  10  04c7f9023ffe CorebootPayloadPkg: Removing ipf from edk2.
  11  4fcb0d54584f NetworkPkg: Removing ipf which is no longer supported from edk2.
  12  87f9867f5536 QuarkPlatformPkg: Removing ipf which is no longer supported from edk2.
  13  fda6abd64f02 QuarkSocPkg: Removing ipf which is no longer supported from edk2.
  14  22ec06c8aaa1 Vlv2TbltDevicePkg: Removing ipf which from edk2.

These commits also violate the quiet period. They implement a valid
cleanup, but not a critical bugfix. They should have been delayed.

Laszlo