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From 42a8aad2c8b52b1cfbc6c580c689d3c9a7056485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:57:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] manuals: prepare 4.2 migration notes
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
---
documentation/migration-guides/index.rst | 1 +
.../migration-guides/migration-4.2.rst | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
.../migration-guides/release-4.2.rst | 9 ++++
.../migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.rst | 28 +++++++++++
4 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.2.rst
create mode 100644 documentation/migration-guides/release-4.2.rst
create mode 100644 documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.rst
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
index ce0ca8c659..6f7bcbef29 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ to move to one release of the Yocto Project from the previous one.
.. toctree::
migration-general
+ release-4.2
release-4.1
release-4.0
release-3.4
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.2.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944ad31a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release 4.2 (mickledore)
+========================
+
+Migration notes for 4.2 (mickledore)
+------------------------------------
+
+This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
+Project 4.2 Release (codename "mickledore") from the prior release.
+
+.. _migration-4.2-python-3.8:
+
+Python 3.8 is now the minimum required Python version version
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------
+
+BitBake and OpenEmbedded-Core are now relying on Python 3.8,
+making it a requirement to use a distribution providing at least this
+version, or to use :term:`buildtools`.
+
+.. _migration-4.2-qa-checks:
+
+QA check changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _migration-4.2-misc-changes:
+
+Miscellaneous changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- The ``OEBasic`` signature handler (see :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER`) has been
+ removed.
+
+.. _migration-4.2-removed-variables:
+
+Removed variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following variables have been removed:
+- ``SERIAL_CONSOLE``, deprecated since version 2.6, replaced by :term:``SERIAL_CONSOLES``.
+
+.. _migration-4.2-removed-recipes:
+
+Removed recipes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been removed in this release:
+
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.2.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae52d939c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release 4.2 (mickledore)
+========================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ migration-4.2
+ release-notes-4.2
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3d69d98cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release notes for 4.2 (mickledore)
+---------------------------------
+
+New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Python 3.8 s the minimum Python version required on the build host.
+ For host distros that do not provide it, this is included as part of the
+ :term:`buildtools` tarball.
+
+- This release now supports a new ``addpylib`` directive to enable
+ Python libraries within layers.
+
+ This directive should be added to your layer configuration,
+ as in the below example from ``meta/conf/layer.conf``::
+
+ addpylib ${LAYERDIR}/lib oe
+
+- Architecture-specific enhancements:
+
+- Kernel-related enhancements:
+
+- QEMU/runqemu enhancements:
+
+- Image-related enhancements:
+
--
2.37.2
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