2024.09 - "Sahel"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.09] - 2024-09-30

Changed

• Fix systemd to not set polkit permissions manually
• Support testing over serial connection in textexport
• Always use BFD linker to build u-boot
• Fix several recipes to build with Clang-19
• Fix more buildpaths QA error in meta-openembedded
• Update QT6 to latest on 6.7 series
• Update bpftrace to 0.21.2
• Switch to support 'styhead' ( yocto 5.1 ) release codename
• Fix license field to reflect current state in several recipes
• Update linux-yocto v6.6.50, v6.10.8
• Fix python3-cude build breaks
• Fix python3 ptest runs on some recipes
• Use KMS instead of FKMS on pi4/pi5 non-eglfs distros
• Upgrade Clang to 19.1.0 major release
• Fix several recipes to build for RISCV32 architecture
• Switch QT6 to 6.8 release
• Upgrade glib-2.0 to 2.82.1
• Upgrade gtk4 to 4.16
• Upgrade OpenCV to 4.10
• Use GNU C++ runtime for building vte
• Fix all ptest failures in meta-python layer

Added

• Added recipes - libspelling, imx-cst, freeipmi, valkey
  python3-trio, python3-python-multipart, python3-outcome
  python3-pdm-build-locked, python3-starlette python3-setproctitle
• Add gomodule fetcher
• Add genimage support

Removed

• Drop TCLIBCAPPEND
• Removed cmem and ti-osal recipes

2024.08 - "Rabo

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.08] - 2024-08-31

Changed

• Fix native builds for sanitizer version of compiler-rt
• Upgrade linux-yocto 6.6 to 6.6.45
• Update linux-kernel-headers to 6.10
• Update linux-yocto/6.10 6.10.3
• Fix clang compiled apps reproducibility issue w.r.t. clang version
• Switch several python recipes to use PEP-517 build backend
• Fix buildpaths build QA error in several recipes
• Add UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS to meta-openembedded recipes
• Upgrade go to 1.22.6
• Upgrade rust to 1.79.0
• Upgrade GCC to 14.2
• Upgrade binutils to 2.43
• Set CVE_PRODUCT in several recipes
• Use imx-boot from NXP 6.6.23-2.0.0 BSP
• Pin weston to 12.0.4.imx for IMX
• Upgrade systemd to 256.5
• Upgrade rust to 1.78
• Fix reproducibility issues in several meta-openembedded recipes
• Set umask to 0022 on build directories on bitbake invocation
• Upgrade binutils to 2.43.1
• Fix QT 6.7 builds with Clang-19
• Upgrade libxml2 to 2.13.3 and address ABI breakges due to it in meta-oe
• Fix several multimedia recipes to work with ffmpeg 7
• Fix recipes to work with fmt 11.x
• Correct LICENSE field of several recipes in meta-python
• Upgrade musl to latest on trunk 1.2.5+
• Upgrade automate to 1.17
• Add swupdate OTA support on tegra platforms

Added

• Introduce 6.10 reference kernel
• Added vex class for CVE management
• Added recipes:
  • drgn, vdpauinfo, python3-psycopg, libplacebo, cpuset

Removed

• Removed VOLATILE_TMP_DIR and VOLATILE_LOG_DIR bitbake variables

2024.07 - "Qinghai"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.07] - 2024-07-30

Changed

• Fix several packages to build with clang fortify and glibc 2.40
• Add ptest support for unbound
• Stop overriding unprefixed *FLAGS variables for native and nativesdk
• Update linux-yocto/6.6 to v6.6.35
• Use objdump instead of readelf to compute SONAME during image generation
• Adjust metadata to remove True option in getVar calls
• Fix exceptions with -mbranch-protection on ARM64/Libc++
• Enable build-id for systems built with clang compiler
• Upgrade QEMU to 9.0.1
• Update MACHINE in jetson-agx-orin-devkit
• Always use lld linker with clang for qt6 recipes
• Ignore various issues fatal with gcc-14
• Upgrade linux-raspberrypi to 6.6.36
• Pin runtime type to GCC runtime in cuda-gcc and define TOOLCHAIN variable
• Upgrade Go compiler to 1.22.5
• Upgrade systemd to v256
• Upgrade util-linux to 2.40.1
• Enforce default remote name to "origin" in git fetcher
• Enable GTK in OpenCV with wayland as well
• Switch Jetson platforms to use Yoe distro with wayland instead of EGLFS
• Update blueZ to 5.77
• Upgrade GDB to 15.1
• Enable kprobes in tegra kernel
• Add python3-cuda to tegra based images
• Do not manage wifi with systemd-networkmanager
• Disable audit subsystem in kernel for tegra platforms
• Add networkmanager and wireguard to all yoe images
• Fix busybox/tc compilation with 6.9 linux kernel headers
• Fix buildpaths QA error checks in several meta-oe recipes
• Fix several recipes in meta-oe for correct UPSTREAM_CHECK vars
• Update OpenSSH to 9.8p1
• Upgrade to glibc 2.40

Added

• Added new recipes - libabigail, include-what-you-use, dediprog-flasher
• Added DEBUG_LEVELFLAG variable to contain default debug level e.g. -g1, -g, etc.
• Add packageconfig knob to control tegra gallium driver in mesa
• Add nospdx class
• Add and switch default SPDX version to 3.0
• Add meta-tegra-community layer

Removed

• Drop generating a static libpython
• Remove /etc/ethertypes in iptables
• Drop obsolete debug compiler option -feliminate-unused-debug-types
• Drop deprecated configs from android-driver.cfg for rpi kernel

2024.06 - "Pagliarola"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.06] - 2024-06-30

Changed

• Fix libclc build
• Bump fsl kernel to 6.6.32
• Disable -Wincompatible-pointer-types as error in few recipes
  to build with GCC-14
• Upgrade libcamera to 0.3.0
• Adjust several recipes to build with libtool 2.5
• Update linux-yocto/6.6 v6.6.32
• Upgrade QEMU to 9.0.0
• Upgrade OpenSSL to 3.3.1
• Update wayland to 1.23.0
• Bump QT to 6.7.3
• Fix kernel build for Jetson orin-nano
• Update clang to 18.1.8 release
• Upgrade libgpiod-1.x to 1.6.5 and fix build with musl
• Upgrade fwupd-efi to 1.6 and move py-pefile to meta-oe
• Allow using LLVM libc++ with GCC compiler
• Move fmt package from meta-oe -> core layer
• Fix libstdc++ unicode header typo regression found with clang
• Update rpidistro-ffmpeg to 5.1.4
• Fix contains reference to TMPDIR [buildpaths] warning in several recipes
• Upgrade PHP to 8.2.20
• Upgrade go compiler to 1.22.4
• Add PACKAGECONFIG for bpf-framework to systemd

Added

• Added new recipes for - sexpect, trompeloeil, cabextract
  udpcast, python3-typer, magic-enum
• Add ptests support for python3-dasbus, python3-flask
• Add support for BeagleV-Ahead SBC
• Add support for jetson-agx-orin-devkit

Removed

• remove g77/f77
• drop the old 1.4 bootstrap C version for go compiler

2024.05 - "Ossimi"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.05] - 2024-05-31

Changed

• Upgrade GCC to 14.1 major release
• Enable LLD linker as default for RISCV
• Upgrade strace to 6.8
• Upgrade clang compiler to 18.1.6
• Upgrade nginx to 1.26.0
• Fix several recipes to build with GCC-14
• Refactor composefs recipe
• Fix visionfive2-pvr-graphics sysvinit support
• Fix milkv-duo support in meta-riscv
• Update recipes in multiple layers for UNPACKDIR migration
• Update recipes to move away from S = WORKDIR assignments
• Introduce GO_SRCURI_DESTSUFFIX for go based recipes
• update Simple IoT to v0.16.0
• default IMG_VERSION to Yoe release: 2024.04 -> 24.04.x
• add ca-certificates to yoe-simple-image
• Upgrade valgrind to 3.23.0
• Upgrade QT6 to 6.7.2
• Upgrade vulkan SDK to 1.3.283.0
• Upgrade spirv-llvm-translator 18.1.0
• Fix renaming of network interfaces on rpi projects using systemd
• Upgrade go to 1.22.3

Added

• Introduce UNPACKDIR bitbake variable
• New recipes
  • glib-testing, opentelemetry-cpp, malcontent
    python3-dasbus

Removed

• Removed recipes
  • orrery, libtirpc126, usbinit, libomxil
• Drop using LLVMVERSION
• Drop unused 5.15 linux-raspberrypi version

2024.04 - "Norfolk"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.04] - 2024-04-30

Changed

• Upgrade webkitgtk3 to 2.44
• Fix packaging conflicts between mesa and mesa-pvr for RISCV64
• Upgrade linux-yocto to v6.6.23
• Upgrade gstreamer to 1.22.11
• Fix openssl crash on aarch64 w/o crypto instructions
• Accomodate llvm in readelf and objdump commands in oe packaging
• Enable OPTEE for var-som-mx8 project
• Upgrade Golang to 1.22.2
• Upgrade webkit to 2.44.0
• Fix ptests for several meta-openembedded recipes
• Update QT6 to latest 6.7
• Upgrade clang compiler to 18.1.3
• Switch to use http/https instead of ftp in SRC_URIs
• Update linux-variscite to include DT fix to enable PCIE
• Upgrade clang to 18.1.4
• Support 6.6 kernel and u-boot 2024.04 on upstream odroid machines
• Update several gnome components to 46.1
• Add GPT partition names to partitions on rockchip machines
• Fix ptest runs for pv, psqlodbc, unixdoc, ostree
• Add fido2 support to openSSH
• Make predictable name mac policy opt-out in systemd

Added

• New Recipes
  • highway, libjxl, python-libusb1, libfido2, avro-c++, python3-flexcache
    python3-flexparser, composefs, aravis, ydotool

Removed

• Removed recipes
  • libxml++, python3-websockets

2024.03 - "Massese"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.03] - 2024-03-31

Changed

• Adjustments for bmap-tools -> bmaptool rename
• Major update of clang compiler to 18.1.2
• Add fixes to build recipes with clang-18
• Upgrade vlc to 3.0.20
• Fix reproducibility issues in gnome recipes
• Fix several recipes to work with libxml2 2.12+
• Upgrade PHP to 8.2.16
• Upgrade systemd from 255.1 -> 255.4
• Bump Go compiler to 1.22
• Upgrade GDB to 14.2
• Update linux-yocto to v6.6.22
• Add ptests to several python recipes
• Upgrade LVGL to 9.0 major release
• Upgrade to using QT 6.7.1 in yoe-kiosk-browser
• Update to use 6.1 kernel on all IMX8/IMX9 projects
• Fix var-som-mx8 project to use 6.1 kernel
• Generate versioned shared libraries from LVGL
• Upgrade frr to latest on 9.1 stable
• set TNSPEC_BOOTDEV_DEFAULT for jetson-orin-nano-devkit
• Upgrade some portions of Gnome to 46.0
• Add linux-raspberrypi 6.6 LTS kernel recipe and default to it
• Update meta-tegra to use R35.5.0 nvidia SDK
• Upgrade golang compiler to 1.22.1
• Update to LLVM 18.1.1
• Fix vala to work with gtk < 4.14
• Use +nocrypto with -mcpu compiler options for rpi3/rpi4
• Fix qttools 6.x build with clang
• Update simpleIOT to 0.15.3
• Fix libcamera crashes due to clang patches
• Fix musl builds for openflow, liburing, tracker-miners, libcamera
  plocate
• Bump linux-raspberrypi to 6.6.22
• Add rpi hifiberry-dacplusadc overlay
• Add apache preset mpm=prefork by default

Added

• Add new recipes

  • python3-wsproto, python3-httptools, python3-a2wsgi
    python3-a2wsgi, python3-responses, python3-pytest-localserver
    python3-tomli-w, python3-invoke, python3-icecream
    python3-types-python-dateutil, python3-freezegun
    buildtools-imagemagick, spandsp, sngrep, bluez-tools
    freerdp3, python3-dbus, msgraph, gtk4mm, aer-inject
    microsoft-gsl, libcpr, gnome-user-share

• Add genericarm64 MACHINE

Removed

2024.02 - "Lati"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.02] - 2024-02-29

Changed

• Update linux-raspberrypi to 6.1.74
• Fix VisionFive2 u-boot and linux kernel builds with GCC-14
• Fix support for large rootfs on tegra platforms
• Fix several packages to build with GCC-14 and clang-18
• Upgrade linux-yocto-dev to 6.8+
• Avoid using -march when -mcpu is chosen for armv8/armv9 architectures
• Update Golang to 1.20.13
• Update pseudo to pull in gcc14 fix and missing statvfs64 intercept
• Upgrade OpenSSL to 3.2.1
• Upgrade glibc to 2.39
• Upgrade binutils to 2.42
• Upgrade linux-yocto to v6.6.18
• Improve running default image ptests on RISCV
• Upgrade opkg to 0.6.3
• Fix build race in xfstests
• Fix compiler-rt sanitizers build
• Make clangd compilation optional
• Update LLVM to 18 RC2
• Upgrade openSSH to 9.6p1
• Update mesa to 24.x release
• Upgrade valgrind to 3.22.0
• Fix various python pieces to work with python 3.12
• Update layers for scarthgap release to be series compatible
• Switch meta-python repcipes to use pytest --automake enmass
• Upgrade linux-raspberrypi to 6.1.77
• Enable RTC in RISCV qemu kernel configs
• Fix yocto compatible status for meta-clang
• Fix dav1d build on RISCV
• Improve vscode IDE support
• Add images to enable BBCLASSEXTEND parallel execution for
  meta-networking, meta-multimedia, meta-filesystems layers

Added

• New packages - python3-moteus, python3-google-auth-oauthlib, python3-janus
  flatcc, python3-aiohappyeyeballs, bonnie++. e2tools, python3-strenum
  python3-httpx, python3-httpcore, python3-sniffio, python3-anyio
  python3-socksio, python3-pyyaml-include, whitenoise, wavemon, libdaq, snort3
  sdmon, python3-looseversion
• Add cortexa78 tune files

Removed

• Remove meta-elm-binary layer, its not needed anymore for simpleIOT
• Delete LLVMVERSION
• drop using PYTHON_PN variable
• Removed recipes - libencode-locale-perl, libencode-perl

2024.01 - "Katahdin"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2024.01] - 2024-01-31

Changed

• Fix llvm-config to work in cross-compilation environment
• Fix several recipes to work with python 3.12
• Update rust compiler to 1.74.1
• introduce 6.6 reference kernel and make it default for Qemu machines
• Update linux-kernels to v6.1.70 and v6.6.9
• Require bitbake 2.7.1 minimum
• Update mesa to 23.3.2
• Update visionfive2 firmware to JH7110_VF2_6.1_v5.10.3
• Disable mongodb build until its ported to python 3.12
• Add udev-bash-completion package to systemd
• Upgrade reference u-boot to 2024.01
• Use pkg-config in the meson cross files
• Backport opkg fix to drop --numeric-owner parameter
• don't exclude gtkdocize in autotools class, fix several recipes
  to inherit gtk-doc
• Distable incompatible-function-pointer-types warning as error
  with clang 17 on python3-lxml and python3-kivy
• Update VisionFive2 u-boot to JH7110_VF2_6.1_v5.10.3
• Fix evolution-data-server fallout with inherit_defer
• Add check for rv32 musl support being absent in Core layer
• Undo the musl/rv32 host compatible check in meta-riscv
• Update weston to 13.0.0
• Update autoconf to 2.72d -> 2.72e
• Fix openssl build on riscv32
• Update to python 3.12 major release
• Improve go-vendor support in recipetool
• Add build time QA check for "virtual/" in RPROVIDES and RDEPENDS
• Fix the mozjs-115 build on ARMv5
• Update linux-yocto versions to v6.1.73, v6.6.12
• Upgrade uftrace to 0.15.2, adds support for rust and python
• Add ptest support for xz
• Upgrade rpm to 4.19.1
• upgrade systemd to 255.1
• Upgrade Qemu to 8.2.0
• Update QT6 to 6.6.2 and add build fixes to QTWebengine with latest clang

Added

• New recipe - ssd1306, dropwatch, python3-apscheduler
• Added machines - orangepi-5-plus, rock-4c-plus, rock-3a, roc-rk3308-cc
  roc-rk3328-cc, Raspberrypi5
• Add Darwin platform support to cmake class
• Add a new inherit_defer keyword support to bitbake
• add devtool support for multiple source in SRC_URI
• Add new project for rpi4 32bit machine

Removed

• Removed recipes: zvariant, polkit-0.119, mozjs-102, python3-jsonrpcserver
  python3-oslash, python3-kmod, python3-xmlrunner, linux-yocto/6.1

2023.12 - "Jezerskosolflorinavska"

release-notes-from-changelog

GitHub action that extracts release notes from an existing changelog.

Changes in this version:

[2023.12] - 2023-12-30

Changed

• Fix mesa-gl conflict with mali-g31 driver KHR/khrplatform.h header
• Enable utmp support in busybox on musl systems
• Support qemu for cmake via cmake-qemu.bbclass
• Update clang to 17.0.6
• Disable lld for x32 ABI, it does not have support
• Upgrade autoconf to 2.72d
• Unset CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES in cmake
• Upgrade rust to 1.71.1
• Update go compiler to 1.20.12
• Update linux-yocto versions to v6.1.68, v6.5.13
• Prepate several recipes for working with python 3.12
• Fix meta-tegra to build with musl
• Use clang to compile openSSH again
• Fix build issues in bpftrace ptests
• Add ptests for c-ares
• Switch to 6.1 kernel for linux-starfive from 3.9.3 SDK
• Ensure features don't get backfilled for nativesdk
• Switch to using zstd compression in core layer
• Update gdb to 14.1 release
• Fix several packages to use right basename POSIX or GNU option

Added

• Added recipes - monocypher, xorg-docs, xcursor-themes
  python3-maturin, cyaml, pkcs11-provider
• Devtool now supports git submodules for SRC_URI
• Add python recipe writing support to recipetool
• Add python maturin support
• Add project for jetson-orin-nano with NVME boot media

Removed

• Removed recipes - vte9, systemtap-uprobes
• Remove unused SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES variable
• Drop removed IMA option from linux-yocto