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Release 5.0 LTS (scarthgap)
===========================

Migration notes for 5.0 (scarthgap)
------------------------------------

This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
Project 5.0 Release (codename "scarthgap") from the prior release.

To migrate from an earlier LTS release, you **also** need to check all
the previous migration notes from your release to this new one:

-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.3`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.2`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.1`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.0`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.4`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.3`
-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.2`

.. _migration-5.0-supported-kernel-versions:

Supported kernel versions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The :term:`OLDEST_KERNEL` setting is still "5.15" 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.

.. _migration-5.0-supported-distributions:

Supported distributions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Compared to the previous releases, running BitBake is supported on new
GNU/Linux distributions:

-  Rocky 9

On the other hand, some earlier distributions are no longer supported:

-  Fedora 37
-  Ubuntu 22.10
-  OpenSUSE Leap 15.3

See :ref:`all supported distributions <system-requirements-supported-distros>`.

.. _migration-5.0-go-changes:

Go language changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. _migration-5.0-systemd-changes:

systemd changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. _migration-5.0-recipe-changes:

Recipe changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  Runtime testing of ptest now fails if no test results are returned by
   any given ptest.

.. _migration-5.0-deprecated-variables:

Deprecated variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following variables have been deprecated:

.. _migration-5.0-removed-variables:

Removed variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following variables have been removed:

.. _migration-5.0-removed-recipes:

Removed recipes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following recipes have been removed in this release:

.. _migration-5.0-removed-classes:

Removed classes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following classes have been removed in this release:

.. _migration-5.0-qemu-changes:

QEMU changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. _migration-5.0-misc-changes:

Miscellaneous changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~