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authorJoao Marcos Costa <joaomarcos.costa@bootlin.com>2024-04-03 16:37:24 +0200
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2024-04-08 14:36:38 +0100
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downloadpoky-69817122507de2d7cdcbcc3d1bfa6c19592a9576.tar.gz
release-notes updates for 5.0
List systemd changes Add PACKAGECONFIG-related changes, as well as systemd-boot-native, to 'Miscellaneous changes section'. Mention the licensing changes in systemd and libsystemd. Add changes to wic Summarize changes in 'wic Image Creator enhancements' item. Add Go language upgrade There were multiple bumps between Scarthgap and Nanbield, but overall the version was upgraded from 1.20.10 (in Nanbield) to 1.22.1 (in Scarthgap). Mention the new class 'go-vendor' in 'Miscellaneous changes'. Add create_go.py to script changes Mention this new script, at recipetool, in 'Utility script changes'. (From yocto-docs rev: 3e24a1cf2f2089beedad11b91fc11b8b402caf87) Signed-off-by: Joao Marcos Costa <joaomarcos.costa@bootlin.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst
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--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst
@@ -26,12 +26,28 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 5.0
26 26
27- wic Image Creator enhancements: 27- wic Image Creator enhancements:
28 28
29 - Allow the imager's output file extension to match the imager's name,
30 instead of hardcoding it to ``direct`` (i.e., the default imager)
31
32 - For GPT-based disks, add reproducible Disk GUID generation
33
34 - Allow generating reproducible ext4 images
35
36 - Add feature to fill a specific range of a partition with zeros
37
38 - ``bootimg-efi``: add ``install-kernel-into-boot-dir`` parameter to
39 configure kernel installation point(s) (i.e., rootfs and/or boot partition)
40
41 - ``rawcopy``: add support for zstd decompression
42
29- SDK-related improvements: 43- SDK-related improvements:
30 44
31- Testing: 45- Testing:
32 46
33- Utility script changes: 47- Utility script changes:
34 48
49 - New ``recipetool/create_go.py`` script added to support Go recipe creation
50
35- BitBake improvements: 51- BitBake improvements:
36 52
37- Packaging changes: 53- Packaging changes:
@@ -42,6 +58,16 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 5.0
42 58
43- Miscellaneous changes: 59- Miscellaneous changes:
44 60
61 - Systemd's following :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` options were added:
62 ``cryptsetup-plugins``, ``no-ntp-fallback``, and ``p11kit``.
63
64 - ``systemd-boot`` can, from now on, be compiled as ``native``, thus
65 providing ``ukify`` tool to build UKI images.
66
67 - The :ref:`ref-classes-go-vendor` class was added to support offline builds
68 (i.e., vendoring). It can also handle modules from the same repository,
69 taking into account their versions.
70
45Known Issues in 5.0 71Known Issues in 5.0
46~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 72~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
47 73
@@ -50,12 +76,19 @@ Known Issues in 5.0
50Recipe License changes in 5.0 76Recipe License changes in 5.0
51~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 77~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
52 78
79The following corrections have been made to the :term:`LICENSE` values set by recipes:
80
81- ``systemd``: make the scope of ``LGPL`` more accurate (``LGPL-2.1`` -> ``LGPL-2.1-or-later``)
82- ``libsystemd``: set its own :term:`LICENSE` value (``LGPL-2.1-or-later``) to add more granularity
83
53Security Fixes in 5.0 84Security Fixes in 5.0
54~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 85~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
55 86
56Recipe Upgrades in 5.0 87Recipe Upgrades in 5.0
57~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 88~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
58 89
90- go: update 1.20.10 -> 1.22.1
91
59Contributors to 5.0 92Contributors to 5.0
60~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 93~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
61 94