= New Features = * UEFI * Add a test for sanity checking for the UEFI Boot path.(LP: #1316019) - in progress * Add Auth variable tests? need investigation. = Improvements = * syntaxcheck - assemble/disassemble DSDT+SSDTs in one go, recent changes to iASL make this easier to do and we get better decompilation. * continue to be in sync with latest ACPICA * continue to sync kernel log messages with klog database * continue to work on ACPICA to reduce the coverity scan errors down, fwts: 146/218 defects fixed, 65 outstanding * fwts: blocked uefirt* tests block fwts indefinitely LP#1309056 * fwts: method test could give more advice on failures LP#1281739 * UEFI * add subtype support for uefidump scan Media device path, Sub-Type 8 – Relative Offset Range * review the UEFI variable tests. * improve secure boot related tests = Process = * creating rules for prefix usages, e.g. adding prefix [FEAT] to the LP bug title to denote new features or feature requests, adding prefix [FWTS-Live] for fwts-live related bugs etc. * revise [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/FirmwareTestSuiteReportBug | bug reporting guideline]] to formally allow people file bugs against the FWTS project in LP directly * collect opinions about the release process from each release manager = Release Schedule = * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseSchedule (draft) * maybe also align with ACPICA releases || '''Version''' || '''Release Date''' || '''Release Manager''' || '''Ubuntu schedule''' || || 14.05.00 || May 07 || ivan || || || 14.06.00 || June 11 || ivan || June 26th Alpha 1 Freeze || || 14.07.00 || July 16 || yk || July 31st Alpha 2 Freeze || || 14.08.00 || Auguest 20 || yk || August 28th Beta 1 Freeze || || 14.09.00 || September 24 || kengyu || September 25th Final Beta Freeze || = Work items = * Alex * None * Colin * Work on syntaxcheck * Check the ACPICA release schedule * Continue to sync kernel log messages with klog database * Continue to work on ACPICA to reduce the coverity scan errors down * Ivan * Investigate and work on Auth variable tests * Work on subtype support for uefidump scan Media device path * Improve secure boot related tests * Kengyu * None * YK * Document the prefix usage guideline * Document the bug reporting guideline