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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+.. |yocto-codename| replace:: whinlatter
+.. |yocto-ver| replace:: 5.3
+.. Note: anchors id below cannot contain substitutions so replace them with the
+   value of |yocto-ver| above.
+
+Release |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+======================================
+
+Migration notes for |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
+Project |yocto-ver| Release (codename "|yocto-codename|") from the prior release.
+
+:term:`WORKDIR` changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``S = ${WORKDIR}/something`` no longer supported
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If a recipe has :term:`S` set to be ``${``\ :term:`WORKDIR`\ ``}/something``,
+this is no longer supported, and an error will be issued. The recipe should be
+changed to::
+
+   S = "${UNPACKDIR}/something"
+
+``S = ${WORKDIR}/git`` and ``S = ${UNPACKDIR}/git`` should be removed
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The Git fetcher now unpacks into the :term:`BB_GIT_DEFAULT_DESTSUFFIX` directory
+rather than the ``git/`` directory under :term:`UNPACKDIR`.
+:term:`BB_GIT_DEFAULT_DESTSUFFIX` is set in :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core
+(OE-Core)`'s :oe_git:`bitbake.conf
+</openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/bitbake.conf>` to :term:`BP`.
+
+This location matches the default value of :term:`S` set by bitbake.conf, so :term:`S`
+setting in recipes can and should be removed.
+
+Note that when :term:`S` is set to a subdirectory of the git checkout, then it
+should be instead adjusted according to the previous point::
+
+   S = "${UNPACKDIR}/${BP}/something"
+
+Note that "git" as the source checkout location can be hardcoded
+in other places in recipes; when it's in :term:`SRC_URI`, replace with
+:term:`BB_GIT_DEFAULT_DESTSUFFIX`, otherwise replace with :term:`BP`.
+
+How to make those adjustments without tedious manual editing
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The following sed command can be used to remove S = "${WORKDIR}/git
+across a whole layer::
+
+   sed -i "/^S = \"\${WORKDIR}\/git\"/d" `find . -name *.bb -o -name *.inc -o -name *.bbclass`
+
+Then, the following command can tweak the remaining :term:`S` assignments to
+refer to :term:`UNPACKDIR` instead of :term:`WORKDIR`::
+
+   sed -i "s/^S = \"\${WORKDIR}\//S = \"\${UNPACKDIR}\//g" `find . -name *.bb -o -name *.inc -o -name *.bbclass`
+
+The first change can introduce a lot of consecutive empty lines, so those can be removed with::
+
+   sed -i -z -E 's/([ \t\f\v\r]*\n){3,}/\n\n/g' `find . -name *.bb -o -name *.inc`
+
+Supported kernel versions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The :term:`OLDEST_KERNEL` setting is XXX in this release, meaning that
+out the box, older kernels are not supported. See :ref:`4.3 migration notes
+<migration-4.3-supported-kernel-versions>` for details.
+
+Supported distributions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compared to the previous releases, running BitBake is supported on new
+GNU/Linux distributions:
+
+-  XXX
+
+On the other hand, some earlier distributions are no longer supported:
+
+-  XXX
+
+See :ref:`all supported distributions <system-requirements-supported-distros>`.
+
+Rust language changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+systemd changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recipe changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Removed variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following variables have been removed:
+
+Removed recipes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been removed in this release:
+
+Removed classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following classes have been removed in this release:
+
+-  ``kernel-fitimage.bbclass``: the class has been replaced by the
+   :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-fit-image` class. The new implementation resolves
+   the long-standing :yocto_bugs:`bug 12912</show_bug.cgi?id=12912>`.
+
+   If you are using the kernel FIT image support, you will need to:
+
+   #. Make sure to include ``kernel-fit-extra-artifacts`` in your :term:`KERNEL_CLASSES`
+      variable to ensure the required files are exposed to the :term:`DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE`
+      directory::
+
+         KERNEL_CLASSES += "kernel-fit-extra-artifacts"
+
+   #. Use the specific FIT image recipe rather than the base kernel recipe.
+      For example, instead of::
+
+         bitbake linux-yocto
+
+      the FIT image is now build by::
+
+         bitbake linux-yocto-fitimage
+
+      For custom kernel recipes, creating a corresponding custom FIT image recipe
+      is usually a good approach.
+
+   #. If a FIT image is used as a replacement for the kernel image in the root
+      filesystem, add the following configuration to your machine configuration
+      file::
+
+         # Create and deploy the vmlinux artifact which gets included into the FIT image
+         KERNEL_CLASSES += "kernel-fit-extra-artifacts"
+
+         # Do not install the kernel image package
+         RRECOMMENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = ""
+         # Install the FIT image package
+         MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "linux-yocto-fitimage"
+
+         # Configure the image.bbclass to depend on the FIT image instead of only
+         # the kernel to ensure the FIT image is built and deployed with the image
+         KERNEL_DEPLOY_DEPEND = "linux-yocto-fitimage:do_deploy"
+
+   See the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-fit-image` section for more information.
+
+Removed features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following features have been removed in this release:
+
+Miscellaneous changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~