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3Release notes for 4.2 (mickledore)
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6New Features / Enhancements in 4.2
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9- Python 3.8 is the minimum Python version required on the build host.
10  For host distributions that do not provide it, this is included as part of the
11  :term:`buildtools` tarball.
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13- This release now supports a new ``addpylib`` directive to enable
14  Python libraries within layers.
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16  This directive should be added to your layer configuration,
17  as in the below example from ``meta/conf/layer.conf``::
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19     addpylib ${LAYERDIR}/lib oe
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21-  Architecture-specific enhancements:
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23-  Kernel-related enhancements:
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25-  QEMU/runqemu enhancements:
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27-  Image-related enhancements:
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