Release notes for 5.3 (whinlatter)

New Features / Enhancements in 5.3

  • Linux kernel XXX, gcc XXX, glibc XXX, LLVM XXX, and over XXX other recipe upgrades.

  • Minimum Python version required on the host: XXX.

  • New variables:

  • Kernel-related changes:

  • New core recipes:

  • New core classes:

  • Architecture-specific changes:

  • QEMU / runqemu changes:

  • Documentation changes:

  • Go changes:

  • Rust changes:

  • Wic Image Creator changes:

  • SDK-related changes:

  • Testing-related changes:

  • Utility script changes:

  • BitBake changes:

  • Packaging changes:

  • LLVM related changes:

  • SPDX-related changes:

  • devtool changes:

  • Patchtest-related changes:

  • insane class related changes:

  • Security changes:

  • cve-check changes:

  • New PACKAGECONFIG options for individual recipes:

  • Systemd related changes:

  • sanity class changes:

  • Miscellaneous changes:

Known Issues in 5.3

Recipe License changes in 5.3

The following changes have been made to the LICENSE values set by recipes:

Recipe

Previous value

New value

recipe name

Previous value

New value

Security Fixes in 5.3

The following CVEs have been fixed:

Recipe

CVE IDs

recipe name

CVE-xxx-xxxx, …

Recipe Upgrades in 5.3

The following recipes have been upgraded:

Recipe

Previous version

New version

recipe name

Previous version

New version

Contributors to 5.3

Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.3