diff mbox series

[9/9] migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: latest changes from master

Message ID 20251128-release-note-5-3-updates-v1-9-6ef679198e80@bootlin.com
State New
Headers show
Series 5.3 release updates | expand

Commit Message

Antonin Godard Nov. 28, 2025, 3:35 p.m. UTC 
Cover the changes from:

- openembedded-core:
  7d1d3b4958bc ("oeqa: runtime: logrotate: Fix typos and add comments")
  to
  ac7327583aef ("libdrm: upgrade 2.4.125 -> 2.4.128")

- meta-yocto:
  6257391c9594 ("yocto-bsp/6.16: specify genericarm64 SRCREV")
  to
  b3b659263566 ("local.conf.sample: comment out the root-with-empty-password setting")

- bitbake:
  b96154aeb1fc ("bitbake-setup: add the initial implementation")
  to
  720df1a53452 ("bitbake-setup: add whinlatter configs for poky and oe-nodistro")

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
 documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst   | 22 +++-----------
 .../migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst         | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst
index b17cffe5a..a1586fba6 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.3.rst
@@ -188,22 +188,10 @@  GNU/Linux distributions:
 -  Debian 13 (Trixie)
 -  Fedora 42
 -  Ubuntu 25.04
-
-On the other hand, some earlier distributions are no longer supported:
-
--  XXX
+-  Ubuntu 25.10
 
 See :ref:`all supported distributions <system-requirements-supported-distros>`.
 
-Rust language changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-systemd changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Recipe changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
 Removed variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -244,6 +232,9 @@  The following recipes have been removed in this release:
 -  ``cwautomacros``: A long-obsolete set of custom :ref:`ref-classes-autotools`
    macros, not used by any other recipe.
 
+-  ``rust-llvm``: removed after the Rust and LLVM recipes were reworked to
+   depend on the ``llvm`` recipe instead.
+
 Removed :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` entries
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -309,11 +300,6 @@  The following classes have been removed in this release:
    any automated testing and it would be hard to setup and maintain a testing
    environment for it. The original users/maintainers aren't using it now.
 
-Removed features
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The following features have been removed in this release:
-
 Miscellaneous changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst
index a7e989ced..536067d63 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst
@@ -236,8 +236,19 @@  New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
       fourth argument of the :term:`UBOOT_CONFIG` variable. See the
       documentation of :ref:`ref-classes-uboot-config` class for more details.
 
+   -  The :term:`WESTON_USER` and :term:`WESTON_USER_HOME` variables can be
+      used to define the username and home directory for the `Weston` user.
+
+-  New core tasks:
+
+   -  The :ref:`ref-tasks-list_image_features` can be used to list the available
+      :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES` for an image recipe.
+
 -  Kernel-related changes:
 
+   -  Support for the 6.17 kernel exists but 6.16 is the default selected one in
+      the :term:`Poky` distro.
+
    -  ``linux/generate-cve-exclusions``: use data from CVEProject instead of
       the archived https://linuxkernelcves.com.
 
@@ -551,6 +562,10 @@  New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
       :term:`DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE` directory into an extra non-rootfs partition. See the
       :term:`IMAGE_EXTRA_PARTITION_FILES` variable for more information.
 
+   -  The ``--diskid`` option was added to allow passing a :wikipedia:`MS-DOS
+      </MS-DOS>` or :wikipedia:`GPT <GUID_Partition_Table>`-formatted
+      disk IDs for a partition (for example: ``deadbeef-cafe-babe-f00d-cec2ea4eface``).
+
 -  SDK-related changes:
 
    -  Include additional information about Meson setting in the SDK environment
@@ -566,6 +581,9 @@  New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
       ``zsh-completion-pkgs`` feature to the :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES` variable in
       the image recipe.
 
+   -  The SDK build is now part of the :ref:`ref-classes-buildhistory`
+      difference analysis (``buildhistory-diff`` command).
+
 -  Testing-related changes:
 
    -  ``bitbake/tests/fetch``: Add tests for ``gitsm`` with git-lfs.
@@ -748,8 +766,21 @@  New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
    -  ``openssl``: add FIPS support. This can be enabled through the ``fips``
       :term:`PACKAGECONFIG`.
 
--  :ref:`ref-classes-cve-check` class changes:
+   -  The default :term:`Poky` template configuration
+      (:yocto_git:`local.conf.sample </meta-yocto/commit/meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample?id=b3b659263566c4d2f2813190e72d93f8598a4c47>`)
+      does not define the ``allow-empty-password``, ``empty-root-password``, and
+      ``allow-root-login`` in :term:`EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES` anymore.
+
+-  :term:`Toaster` changes:
+
+   -  Adapt it for :doc:`bitbake-setup
+      <bitbake:bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-environment-setup>`.
 
+   -  Remove hard dependency on the :term:`Poky` repository, as its :ref:`master
+      branch is no longer updated <migration-guides/migration-5.3:The Poky
+      repository master branch is no longer updated>`.
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-cve-check` class changes:
 
    -  ``cve-update-db-native``: FKIE: use Secondary metric if there is no
       Primary metric.
@@ -962,6 +993,8 @@  New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
 Known Issues in |yocto-ver|
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+N/A
+
 Recipe License changes in |yocto-ver|
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~