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 to specify which task to run (bitbake -c)

   Version 4
   Added
       • Target key now allows to be 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 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.

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

4.4                                               Jun 07, 2024                           KAS-FORMAT-CHANGELOG(1)