NAME

       kas-format-changelog - project configuration changelog

DESCRIPTION

       The  kas  project  configuration  is versioned to ensure that the requested features are supported by the
       current kas version.

   Configuration Format Changes
   Version 1 (Alias '0.10')
   Added
       • Include mechanism

       • Version check

   Version 2
   Changed
       • Configuration file versions are now integers

   Fixed
       • Including files from repos that are not defined in the current file

   Version 3
   Added
       • Task key that allows one to specify which task to run (bitbake -c)

   Version 4
   Added
       • Target key now allows one to pass a list of target names

   Version 5
   Changed behavior
       • Using multiconfig:* targets adds appropriate BBMULTICONFIG entries to the local.conf automatically.

   Version 6
   Added
       • env key now allows one to pass custom environment variables to the bitbake build process.

   Version 7
   Added
       • type property to repos to be able to express which version control system to use.

   Version 8
   Added
       • patches property to repos to be able to apply additional patches to the repo.

   Version 9
   Added
       • defaults key can now be used to set a default  value  for  the  repository  property  refspec  and  the
         repository patch property repo. These default values will be used if the appropriate properties are not
         defined for a given repository or patch.

   Version 10
   Added
       • build_system property to pre-select OE or Isar.

   Version 11
   Changed behavior
       • String  item  includes  are now using repo-relative paths. File-relative is still supported by issues a
         deprecation warning.

       • bblayers.conf is generated with BBPATH and BBFILES preset  to  common  defaults.  Those  can  still  be
         overwritten via bblayers_conf_headers.

   Added
       • menu_configuration  key  stores  the  selections  done via kas menu in a configuration file. It is only
         evaluated by that plugin.

   Version 12
   Added
       • For  repositories,  url  and  path  can  now  be  overridden  with  a  null-value  to  switch   between
         version-controlled repositories and unversioned local folders.

   Version 13
   Added
       • Variables  used  in  the  env section can now be assigned null as value. In this case the variables are
         only exported to the bb env whitelist.

   Version 14
   Added
       • The keys commit and branch are introduced as replacement of refspec in repos and defaults.  refspec  is
         now deprecated and will eventually be removed.

       • The overrides top-level entry can be used to pin floating repo branches.

       • _source_dir  top-level  entry is auto-generated when using the menu plugin and provides the path to the
         top repo at time of invoking the plugin.

       • _source_dir_host top-level entry is auto-generated by kas-container to track the source path outside of
         the container.

   Version 15
   Added
       • The key tag is introduced as a complement to commit and branch in repos.

   Version 16
   Fixed
       • The key tag introduced in v15 was not supported in defaults.  It's now added.

   Version 17
   Added
       • The key artifacts is introduced to describe expected build artifacts.

   Version 18
   Added
       The repo keys tag and branch can now be set to null to remove these properties from  the  repo.  This  is
       needed in case a default value is set in the defaults section that should not apply to a repo.

SEE ALSO

       kas-project-config(1)

KAS

       Part of the kas(1) suite.

AUTHOR

       Daniel Wagner, Jan Kiszka, Claudius Heine

COPYRIGHT

       Siemens AG, 2017-2024

4.7                                               Feb 03, 2025                           KAS-FORMAT-CHANGELOG(1)