+2018.05-rc2, Released May 22nd, 2018
+
+ Fixes all over the tree.
+
+ Dependencies: Check that the current working directory (.)
+ isn't listed in PATH as that causes various build issues.
+
+ Manual: Clarify that git branch names may not be used as
+ version identifiers. This has never been supported, but was
+ kind of working (with some limitations) before the git
+ download rework - Now it does not work at all.
+
+ Linux: Ensure host version of ncurses is picked up and not
+ host-ncurses built by buildroot, as that otherwise causes
+ widechar/non-widechar conflicts and corrupted menuconfig
+ menus.
+
+ Packages: Renamed a number of package options not prefixed
+ with BR2_PACKAGE_<pkg> for consstency.
+
+ Download infrastructure: Fix file:// protocol handling after
+ download rework.
+
+ Updated/fixed packages: acl, apr-util, asterisk, attr,
+ bluez5_utils, cifs-utils, clamav, clang, cups-filters,
+ dahdi-linux, exim, faketime, gdb, go, gst1-plugins-bad,
+ imx-mkimage, ipsec-tools, jamvm, janus-gateway,
+ jquery-ui-themes, libcap, libcurl, libftdi, libkcapi, libkrb5,
+ libmediaart, libmodbus, libmodplug, libmpd,
+ libnetfilter_cthelper, libnetfilter_cttimeout, libnfc,
+ libnfnetlink, libnss, liboauth, libogg, libosip2,
+ libpam-radius-auth, libpcap, libpciaccess, llvm, log4cplus,
+ ltrace, lynx, mbedtls, modem-manager, nfs-utils,
+ python-cython, python-websockets, qt5cinex, qt5wayland, rauc,
+ snort, strace, ti-sgx-km, transmission, wavpack, wget, woff2,
+ xen, zmqpp, znc, zstd
+
+ Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+ #10986: Installing package attr when already supplied by...
+ #11011: BUildroot for Raspberry Pi 2
+ #11016: Wrong compiler used for external user host packages
+
+2018.05-rc1, Released May 9th, 2018
+
+ Toolchain: glibc bumped to 2.27, musl bumped to 1.1.19,
+ uClibc-ng 1.0.30, Linux kernel headers bumped to 4.16.x.
+
+ Architecture: support for the Blackfin architecture has been
+ removed, as it was removed from Linux upstream, poorly
+ maintained in binutils/gdb, and abandoned by Analog Devices.
+
+ Numerous packages updated to have hashes for their license
+ files.
+
+ Systemd can now be built with uClibc toolchains.
+
+ Linux: addition of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_LIBELF and
+ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL to support building Linux
+ kernel configurations that need libelf on the host or openssl
+ on the host.
+
+ Coding style:
+ - all Python scripts are now verified with flake8
+ - check-package extended to check all Config.in and .mk files
+ in tree, not only the ones in package/
+
+ Infrastructure:
+
+ - The download infrastructure has seen a major overhaul, with
+ the main visible new feature being Git caching: a package
+ fetched from Git no longer needs to be re-cloned entirely
+ everytime its version is changed. Anoter visible change is
+ that the download folder now has subfolders per package. See
+ http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-April/217923.html
+ for more details about those changes.
+
+ - The logic that generates the root filesystem images has been
+ reworked, with the main goal of allowing several filesystem
+ images to be produced in parallel, also a requirement for
+ top-level parallel build. Now, a .tar filesystem image is
+ always created, and re-extracted in a private directory to
+ create each format-specific filesystem image.
+
+ - A new package infrastructure was introduced for Go-based
+ packages: golang-package.
+
+ - Dependencies on extraction tools are now handled as proper
+ per-package dependencies, using
+ <pkg>_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES. Beyond a cleanup, this is also a
+ preparation step for top-level parallel build support.
+
+ - When a file being downloaded is part of a package with a
+ .hash file, but there is no hash listed for this file, the
+ file is now preserved in the download directory rather than
+ removed. This helps when updating a package, as it gives the
+ ability to easily calculate the hash of the file.
+
+ - Addition of '<pkg>-show-recursive-depends' and
+ '<pkg>-show-recursive-rdepends' make targets, to
+ respectively display the recursive list of dependencies and
+ the recursive list of reverse dependencies of a given
+ package.
+
+ - The /etc/shells file is now automatically generated with the
+ list of shell programs installed on the system.
+
+ - Addition of -Ofast optimization level as an available
+ option.
+
+ Major updates: Go updated to 1.10, Erlang bumped to 20.3, Qt5
+ bumped to 5.10.1.
+
+ New packages: 18xx-ti-utils, abootimg, bluez-alsa, brotli,
+ chipmunk, clang, docker-compose, docker-proxy, flare-engine,
+ flare-game, gst1-interpipe, gstreamer1-editing-services,
+ hackrf, i2pd, imx-alsa-plugins, imx-mkimage, libcdio-paranoia,
+ libkrb5, llvm, pixiewps, python-backports-ssl-match-hostname,
+ python-cached-property, python-cython, python-docker,
+ python-dockerpty, python-docker-pycreds,
+ python-flask-sqlalchemy, python-functools32, python-influxdb,
+ python-json-models, python-libusb1, python-networkx,
+ python-psycopg2, python-pymodbus, python-sqlalchemy,
+ python-subprocess32, python-texttable,
+ python-websocket-client, python-yieldfrom, quotatool, reaver,
+ snort, sunxi-mali-mainline, sunxi-mali-mainline-driver, tk,
+ tpm2-abrmd, tpm2-tools, tpm2-tss, udftools, vte, woff2.
+
+ New defconfigs: ARC HS Development Kit, Arcturus ucls1012a,
+ Freescale i.MX6UL EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX6
+ SoloLite EVK (with vendor kernel), Freescale i.MX31 3Stack,
+ Freescale i.MX8Q EVK Freescale p1025twr, Freescale t1040d4rdb,
+ Qemu PPC64 E5500, SolidRun ClearFog Base, Tinker RK3288, Vyasa
+ RK3288,
+
+ Removed packages: iqvlinux, kodi-adsp-*, mplayer
+
+ Removed defconfigs: ci40, firefly_rk3288,
+ freescale_p1010rdb_pa, freescale_mpc8315erdb, riotboard,
+ teliv_evk_pro3
+
+ Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+ #10151: toolchain eclipse register : fails with a custom
+ BR2_HOST_DIR
+ #10511: Packages get downloaded uncompressed with wget
+ #10531: QtWebengine doesn't build if the host hasn't a 32 bits
+ C++ compiler working
+ #10846: error in compiling gnutls
+ #10886: openssl-1.0.2n fails to build
+ #10896: /bin/sh not in /etc/shells
+ #10961: Grub2 fails to build for x86_64 when BR2_SSP_ALL is
+ enabled
+
2018.02.1, Released April 9th, 2018
Important / security related fixes.