From 54e3bcb8934004f417d79e1a6a8b4bbc64f954cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 22:28:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CHANGES: update in preparation for 2018.05-rc1 Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- CHANGES | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 29a4937a9d..1ca80c244e 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -1,3 +1,100 @@ +2018.05-rc1, Released May 9th, 2018 + + Toolchain: glibc bumped to 2.27, musl bumped to 1.1.19, + uClibc-ng 1.0.30, Linux kernel headers bumped to 4.16.x. + + Architecture: support for the Blackfin architecture has been + removed. + + Numerous packages updated to have hashes for their license + files. + + Systemd can now be built with uClibc toolchains. + + Linux: addition of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_LIBELF and + BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL to support building Linux + kernel configurations that need libelf on the host or openssl + on the host. + + Coding style: + - all Python scripts are now verified with flake8 + - check-package extended to check all Config.in and .mk files + in tree, not only the ones in package/ + + Infrastructure: + + - The download infrastructure has seen a major overhaul, with + the main visible new feature being Git caching: a package + fetched from Git no longer needs to be re-cloned entirely + everytime its version is changed. Anoter visible change is + that the download folder now has subfolders per package. See + http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-April/217923.html + for more details about those changes. + + - The logic that generates the root filesystem images has been + reworked, with the main goal of allowing several filesystem + images to be produced in parallel, also a requirement for + top-level parallel build. Now, a .tar filesystem image is + always created, and re-extracted in a private directory to + create each format-specific filesystem image. + + - A new package infrastructure was introduced for Go-based + packages: golang-package. + + - Dependencies on extraction tools are now handled as proper + per-package dependencies, using + _EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES. Beyond a cleanup, this is also a + preparation step for top-level parallel build support. + + - When a file being downloaded is part of a package with a + .hash file, but there is no hash listed for this file, the + file is now preserved in the download directory rather than + removed. This helps when updating a package, as it gives the + ability to easily calculate the hash of the file. + + - Addition of '-show-recursive-depends' and + '-show-recursive-rdepends' make targets, to + respectively display the recursive list of dependencies and + the recursive list of reverse dependencies of a given + package. + + - The /etc/shells file is now automatically generated with the + list of shell programs installed on the system. + + - Addition of -Ofast optimization level as an available + option. + + Major updates: Go updated to 1.10, Erlang bumped to 20.3, Qt5 + bumped to 5.10.1. + + New packages: 18xx-ti-utils, abootimg, bluez-alsa, brotli, + chipmunk, clang, docker-compose, docker-proxy, flare-engine, + flare-game, gst1-interpipe, gstreamer1-editing-services, + hackrf, i2pd, imx-alsa-plugins, imx-mkimage, libcdio-paranoia, + libkrb5, llvm, pixiewps, python-backports-ssl-match-hostname, + python-cached-property, python-cython, python-docker, + python-dockerpty, python-docker-pycreds, + python-flask-sqlalchemy, python-functools32, python-influxdb, + python-json-models, python-libusb1, python-networkx, + python-psycopg2, python-pymodbus, python-sqlalchemy, + python-subprocess32, python-texttable, + python-websocket-client, python-yieldfrom, quotatool, reaver, + snort, sunxi-mali-mainline, sunxi-mali-mainline-driver, tk, + tpm2-abrmd, tpm2-tools, tpm2-tss, udftools, vte, woff2. + + New defconfigs: ARC HS Development Kit, Arcturus ucls1012a, + Freescale i.MX6UL EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX6 + SoloLite EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX31 3Stack, + Freescale i.MX8Q EVK Freescale p1025twr, Freescale t1040d4rdb, + Qemu PPC64 E5500, SolidRun ClearFog Base, Tinker RK3288, Vyasa + RK3288, + + Removed packages: iqvlinux, kodi-adsp-*, mplayer + + Removed defconfigs: ci40, firefly_rk3288, + freescale_p1010rdb_pa, freescale_mpc8315erdb, riotboard, + teliv_evk_pro3 + 2018.02.1, Released April 9th, 2018 Important / security related fixes. -- 2.30.2