From 6f713552b5cfe9d503756344011fef4246823303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:11:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: migration-3.5: variable changes for inclusive language (From yocto-docs rev: a6650fd55259c5d7cf3cf9579e9ecd1184b1b155) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.5.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.5.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.5.rst index 8380ffbf4a..8ce2306e42 100644 --- a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.5.rst +++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.5.rst @@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ Project 3.5 Release (codename "kirkstone") from the prior release. Recipe changes -------------- +- To use more `inclusive language `__ + in the code and documentation, some variables have been renamed or even + deleted. BitBake will stop with an error when renamed or removed variables + still exist in your recipes or configuration. + + A :oe_git:`convert-variable-renames.py + ` + script is provided to convert your recipes and configuration, + and also warns you about the use of problematic words. + - Because of the uncertainty in future default branch names in git repositories, it is now required to add a branch name to all URLs described by ``git://`` and ``gitsm://`` :term:`SRC_URI` entries. For example::