Hello,
As announced in the last Tech forum, the code freeze date for the LTS branch was Feb 3, 2023. We have now merged all the patches published on the wiki [1]. The branch is still locked, and all the CI test runs have now been completed. We are trying to root cause one test failure, though.
The RC0 tag was created today, and we request platform owners test the branch [2] on their downstream platforms if they wish.
We are still on track to release on Feb 10 and will publish more updates shortly.
Thanks.
[1] ⚡ LTS Tracking for v2.8.x (trustedfirmware.org)https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.trustedfirmware.org%2Fw%2Ftf_a%2Ftf-a_lts_meeting_minutes%2Ftracking%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cvwadekar%40nvidia.com%7C0f330c84845a4d5ef9dd08db0610d3b1%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C638110441564778755%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MwZQBeiT5cNas85nWDGxEiHiK1B8a9Q9McsvBVYBkW8%3D&reserved=0. [2] trusted-firmware-a.git - Trusted Firmware for A profile Arm CPUshttps://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A%2Ftrusted-firmware-a.git/log/?h=refs%2Fheads%2Flts-v2.8