Bug 16352 - update list of SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS
Summary: update list of SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS
Status: IN PROGRESS REVIEW
Alias: None
Product: AutoBuilder
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: autobuilder (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 6.1 M3
Assignee: Mathieu Dubois-Briand
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Reported: 2026-07-07 15:21 UTC by Trevor Woerner
Modified: 2026-07-10 14:25 UTC (History)
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Description Trevor Woerner 2026-07-07 15:21:01 UTC 
Back in scarthgap, the list of supported AlmaLinux distros included:
- 8.8
- 8.9
- 8.10
- 9.2
- 9.4
see: https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/tree/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf?h=scarthgap#n35

By the time we get to the current master, this list has not only shrunk, but only has the oldest 8.x and 9.x distros listed:
- 8.8
- 9.2
see: https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/tree/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf#n33
Comment 1 Yoann Congal 2026-07-07 15:27:15 UTC 
Removal from SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS where never backported from master to stables:

For example:
* poky: Remove Fedora 41 from sanity tested distros list https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf?id=c7fa63bea78248597798739aa4da49a9f4405b9c
* poky: remove Ubuntu 20.04 from supported distribtions https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf?id=85967da38d59f4dd3a445b094a9d64275f66af95
* poky: Remove Fedora38 from SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf?id=59567ab18a6819ea845c9be824b203d030eb09c4

Do we want a user using their old EOL build distro suddenly gain a "unsupported distro" WARNING?
Comment 2 Yoann Congal 2026-07-09 14:59:40 UTC 
(In reply to Yoann Congal from comment #1)
> Removal from SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS where never backported from master to
> stables:
> 
> For example:
> * poky: Remove Fedora 41 from sanity tested distros list
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.
> conf?id=c7fa63bea78248597798739aa4da49a9f4405b9c
> * poky: remove Ubuntu 20.04 from supported distribtions
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.
> conf?id=85967da38d59f4dd3a445b094a9d64275f66af95
> * poky: Remove Fedora38 from SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.
> conf?id=59567ab18a6819ea845c9be824b203d030eb09c4
> 
> Do we want a user using their old EOL build distro suddenly gain a
> "unsupported distro" WARNING?

For LTS: the policy is to only append to SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS: no removal which would be breaking/invasive changes.

So this bug only impact master.