Hi Patrick, list,

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 3:12 PM Patrick Georgi via coreboot
<coreboot@coreboot.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> This email starts the release process for coreboot 4.14, so we're now at the 
> "~2 weeks prior to release" step in our 
> https://doc.coreboot.org/releases/checklist.html
>
> As usual, our releases don't denote any particular feature or stability 
> milestone, they only serve two purposes:
> 1. Avoid the impression that coreboot is dead - an idea that actually came up 
> before we started doing time-based releases
> 2. Provide anchor points that downstream coreboot users can use to base their 
> work against if they wish to do so
>
> What everybody can do: Consider testing the devices you have against our 
> current master branch, send in board-status reports so boards are known-good 
> in https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html, report or, even better, fix 
> issues you encounter.

Stoney Ridge fails to boot since https://review.coreboot.org/51723
landed. Something would need to be done about it before the release,
most likely a revert.

> As a developer, please consider if your large scale tree change can wait for 
> after the release so that the tree can settle down a bit. But also, if you 
> have large changes that are waiting (such as toolchain updates), you could 
> already start to bring them in shape to merge after the release!
>
> Also, please check out the release notes in 
> Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.14-relnotes.md to see if any notable work 
> of the last 6 months is missing there. Addition and deletion of mainboards 
> and SoCs will be added shortly before the release with script assistance, but 
> everything else won't be. Patches to extend our release notes are appreciated!

I'm be glad to review any patches to the release notes, simply add me
as a reviewer or poke me on IRC (hell__).

> Thanks y'all for making coreboot what it is now. As a release manager I'll 
> merely put another label on it :-)
>
>
> Best regards,
> Patrick
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Best regards,
Angel
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