1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
2
3Release 1.3 (danny)
4===================
5
6This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
7Project 1.3 Release (codename "danny") from the prior release.
8
9.. _1.3-local-configuration:
10
11Local Configuration
12-------------------
13
14Differences include changes for
15:term:`SSTATE_MIRRORS` and ``bblayers.conf``.
16
17.. _migration-1.3-sstate-mirrors:
18
19SSTATE_MIRRORS
20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
21
22The shared state cache (sstate-cache), as pointed to by
23:term:`SSTATE_DIR`, by default now has two-character
24subdirectories to prevent issues arising from too many files in the same
25directory. Also, native sstate-cache packages, which are built to run on
26the host system, will go into a subdirectory named using the distro ID
27string. If you copy the newly structured sstate-cache to a mirror
28location (either local or remote) and then point to it in
29:term:`SSTATE_MIRRORS`, you need to append "PATH"
30to the end of the mirror URL so that the path used by BitBake before the
31mirror substitution is appended to the path used to access the mirror.
32Here is an example::
33
34   SSTATE_MIRRORS = "file://.* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH"
35
36.. _migration-1.3-bblayers-conf:
37
38bblayers.conf
39~~~~~~~~~~~~~
40
41The ``meta-yocto`` layer consists of two parts that correspond to the
42Poky reference distribution and the reference hardware Board Support
43Packages (BSPs), respectively: ``meta-yocto`` and ``meta-yocto-bsp``.
44When running BitBake for the first time after upgrading, your
45``conf/bblayers.conf`` file will be updated to handle this change and
46you will be asked to re-run or restart for the changes to take effect.
47
48.. _1.3-recipes:
49
50Recipes
51-------
52
53Differences include changes for the following:
54
55.. _migration-1.3-python-function-whitespace:
56
57Python Function Whitespace
58~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
59
60All Python functions must now use four spaces for indentation.
61Previously, an inconsistent mix of spaces and tabs existed, which made
62extending these functions using ``_append`` or ``_prepend`` complicated
63given that Python treats whitespace as syntactically significant. If you
64are defining or extending any Python functions (e.g.
65``populate_packages``, ``do_unpack``, ``do_patch`` and so forth) in
66custom recipes or classes, you need to ensure you are using consistent
67four-space indentation.
68
69.. _migration-1.3-proto=-in-src-uri:
70
71proto= in SRC_URI
72~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
73
74Any use of ``proto=`` in :term:`SRC_URI` needs to be
75changed to ``protocol=``. In particular, this applies to the following
76URIs:
77
78-  ``svn://``
79
80-  ``bzr://``
81
82-  ``hg://``
83
84-  ``osc://``
85
86Other URIs were already using ``protocol=``. This change improves
87consistency.
88
89.. _migration-1.3-nativesdk:
90
91nativesdk
92~~~~~~~~~
93
94The suffix ``nativesdk`` is now implemented as a prefix, which
95simplifies a lot of the packaging code for ``nativesdk`` recipes. All
96custom ``nativesdk`` recipes, which are relocatable packages that are
97native to :term:`SDK_ARCH`, and any references need to
98be updated to use ``nativesdk-*`` instead of ``*-nativesdk``.
99
100.. _migration-1.3-task-recipes:
101
102Task Recipes
103~~~~~~~~~~~~
104
105"Task" recipes are now known as "Package groups" and have been renamed
106from ``task-*.bb`` to ``packagegroup-*.bb``. Existing references to the
107previous ``task-*`` names should work in most cases as there is an
108automatic upgrade path for most packages. However, you should update
109references in your own recipes and configurations as they could be
110removed in future releases. You should also rename any custom ``task-*``
111recipes to ``packagegroup-*``, and change them to inherit
112``packagegroup`` instead of ``task``, as well as taking the opportunity
113to remove anything now handled by ``packagegroup.bbclass``, such as
114providing ``-dev`` and ``-dbg`` packages, setting
115:term:`LIC_FILES_CHKSUM`, and so forth. See the
116":ref:`packagegroup.bbclass <ref-classes-packagegroup>`" section for
117further details.
118
119.. _migration-1.3-image-features:
120
121IMAGE_FEATURES
122~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
123
124Image recipes that previously included ``apps-console-core`` in
125:term:`IMAGE_FEATURES` should now include ``splash``
126instead to enable the boot-up splash screen. Retaining
127``apps-console-core`` will still include the splash screen but generates a
128warning. The ``apps-x11-core`` and ``apps-x11-games`` :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES`
129features have been removed.
130
131.. _migration-1.3-removed-recipes:
132
133Removed Recipes
134~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
135
136The following recipes have been removed. For most of them, it is
137unlikely that you would have any references to them in your own
138:term:`Metadata`. However, you should check your metadata
139against this list to be sure:
140
141-  ``libx11-trim``: Replaced by ``libx11``, which has a negligible
142   size difference with modern Xorg.
143
144-  ``xserver-xorg-lite``: Use ``xserver-xorg``, which has a negligible
145   size difference when DRI and GLX modules are not installed.
146
147-  ``xserver-kdrive``: Effectively unmaintained for many years.
148
149-  ``mesa-xlib``: No longer serves any purpose.
150
151-  ``galago``: Replaced by telepathy.
152
153-  ``gail``: Functionality was integrated into GTK+ 2.13.
154
155-  ``eggdbus``: No longer needed.
156
157-  ``gcc-*-intermediate``: The build has been restructured to avoid
158   the need for this step.
159
160-  ``libgsmd``: Unmaintained for many years. Functionality now
161   provided by ``ofono`` instead.
162
163-  *contacts, dates, tasks, eds-tools*: Largely unmaintained PIM
164   application suite. It has been moved to ``meta-gnome`` in
165   ``meta-openembedded``.
166
167In addition to the previously listed changes, the ``meta-demoapps``
168directory has also been removed because the recipes in it were not being
169maintained and many had become obsolete or broken. Additionally, these
170recipes were not parsed in the default configuration. Many of these
171recipes are already provided in an updated and maintained form within
172the OpenEmbedded community layers such as ``meta-oe`` and
173``meta-gnome``. For the remainder, you can now find them in the
174``meta-extras`` repository, which is in the
175:yocto_git:`Source Repositories <>` at
176:yocto_git:`/meta-extras/`.
177
178.. _1.3-linux-kernel-naming:
179
180Linux Kernel Naming
181-------------------
182
183The naming scheme for kernel output binaries has been changed to now
184include :term:`PE` as part of the filename::
185
186   KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PE}-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
187
188Because the :term:`PE` variable is not set by default, these binary files
189could result with names that include two dash characters. Here is an
190example::
191
192   bzImage--3.10.9+git0+cd502a8814_7144bcc4b8-r0-qemux86-64-20130830085431.bin
193
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