Hi there,
just tried the latest Kirkstone release and sadly it is still failing with the usual error:

Bitbake crash
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 90, in runCommand
   result = command_method(self, commandline)
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py", line 286, in updateConfig
   command.cooker.updateConfigOpts(options, environment, cmdline)
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 536, in updateConfigOpts
   self.reset()
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 1775, in reset
   self.initConfigurationData()
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py", line 390, in initConfigurationData
   self.databuilder.parseBaseConfiguration()
 File "/home/user/yocto_kirkstone/poky/_toaster_clones/_git___git.yoctoproject.org_poky_master/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 305, in parseBaseConfiguration
   raise bb.BBHandledException()
bb.BBHandledException