| Andrew Geissler | 517393d | 2023-01-13 08:55:19 -0600 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK |
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| 3 | Release 4.2 (mickledore) |
| 4 | ======================== |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Migration notes for 4.2 (mickledore) |
| 7 | ------------------------------------ |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto |
| 10 | Project 4.2 Release (codename "mickledore") from the prior release. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | .. _migration-4.2-python-3.8: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Python 3.8 is now the minimum required Python version version |
| 15 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------ |
| 16 | |
| 17 | BitBake and OpenEmbedded-Core are now relying on Python 3.8, |
| 18 | making it a requirement to use a distribution providing at least this |
| 19 | version, or to use :term:`buildtools`. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | .. _migration-4.2-qa-checks: |
| 22 | |
| 23 | QA check changes |
| 24 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 25 | |
| 26 | .. _migration-4.2-misc-changes: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Miscellaneous changes |
| 29 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 30 | |
| 31 | - The ``OEBasic`` signature handler (see :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER`) has been |
| 32 | removed. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | .. _migration-4.2-removed-variables: |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Removed variables |
| 37 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 38 | |
| 39 | The following variables have been removed: |
| 40 | - ``SERIAL_CONSOLE``, deprecated since version 2.6, replaced by :term:``SERIAL_CONSOLES``. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | .. _migration-4.2-removed-recipes: |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Removed recipes |
| 45 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | The following recipes have been removed in this release: |
| 48 | |