CHANGES

2015.08-rc1, not yet released

	Fixes all over the tree and new features.

	Architectures:

	 - Refactor how the availability of an MMU is described.
	 - Minimal support for Cortex-M3
	 - Minimal support for AArch64 big-endian

	Toolchains:

	 - Add CodeSourcery MIPS 2015.05, remove MIPS 2013.11
	 - Use uClibc-ng as the default uClibc version, instead of the
	   official uClibc, which hasn't done any release since 3+
	   years
	 - eglibc is now marked as deprecated
	 - GCC: gcc 4.9.x is now the default and was updated to 4.9.3,
	   support for gcc 5.x added.
	 - Binutils: use Binutils 2.24 as the default, 2.25.x series
	   bumped to 2.25.1, remove old Binutils 2.22.
	 - Update ARC toolchain components to 2015.06
	 - Add support for Fortran when building gcc

	Bootloaders:

	 - Support for using the kconfig configuration system in
	   U-Boot

	New Defconfigs:

	 - VIA VAB-820/AMOS-820
	 - OLimex OLinuxino A20 Lime
	 - Many new defconfigs for Atmel evaluation boards:
	   at91sam9rlek, at91sam9x5ek, sama5d3xek, sama5d4ek, sama5d4
	   Xplained Ultra, sama5d3 Xplained.
	 - ACME Systems Aria G25
	 - WarPboard
	 - Altera Cyclone 5 Development Board
	 - Xilinx zc706
	 - ARC AXS101 and AXS103 Software Development Platforms
	 - Significant updates to Raspberry Pi / Raspberry Pi 2

	Infrastructure:

	 - Buildroot takes better care now of generating predictable
	   permissions in the target filesystem. However, existing
	   permissions on a custom skeleton or rootfs overlay will no
	   longer be preserved. Therefore, it is necessary to add a
	   permission table (BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE) to set the
	   required permissions.
	 - Add support for kconfig fragments.
	 - No longer pass --{enable,disable}-debug to autotools
	   packages depending on the value of
	   BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG. BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG now only controls
	   whether we build with -g or not.
	 - Support for extracting archives in .lzma in the generic
	   package infrastructure.
	 - Remove random-seed file from the default skeleton, since
	   seeding the entropy pool with a known seed makes more harm
	   than good.
	 - In the CVS download helper, add support to use a date as
	   the version.
	 - Add support for a per-package <pkg>_STRIP_COMPONENTS
	   variable, which packages can use to specify how many path
	   components should be stripped when extracting the tarball.
	 - Addition of a 'kernel-module' package infrastructure, which
	   simplifies the packaging of external kernel modules. Many
	   existing packages are converted to use it.
	 - Allow bootloaders to be implemented in $(BR2_EXTERNAL)
	 - Remove /etc/securetty from the default skeleton.
	 - Migration of sysV initscripts from the default skeleton to
	   a package called 'initscripts', installed only when Busbox
	   init or sysvinit are used.
	 - Migration of the skeleton logic to a proper 'skeleton'
	   package.
	 - Addition of a 'linux-tools' infrastructure in the 'linux'
	   package, to support building user-space tools bundled
	   within the Linux kernel sources, such as perf and cpupower.
	 - Usage of backticks instead of make $(shell ...) to execute
	   shell commands. This allows to delay the evaluation of such
	   commands when actually needed, and not when expanding the
	   variables. It is useful to make 'make printvars' less
	   noisy, and as a preparation to support top-level parallel
	   build.
	 - Libtool .la files are not mungled for all package types,
	   instead of being handled only for packages using the
	   autotools-package infrastructure.
	 - Add mechanism to allow packages to express a dependency on
	   gcc versions. This is needed for packages that use C++11 or
	   C11 support for example.

	Important package updates:

	 - Complete rework of the matchbox packaging
	 - Lots of fixes in packages for compatibility with musl and
	   gcc 5.
	 - Hash files added to a large number of packages.
	 - Update a significant number of packages to use a new
	   hosting, after the announcement of Google Code and
	   Gitorious closing.
	 - Major packages needed for SELinux support have been merged,
	   but the support is not complete yet.
	 - Significant update of OpenCV to version 3.0, and addition
	   of lots of eatures.
	 - Significant update of all packages supporting the GPU and
	   VPU of i.MX ARM processors.
	 - Addition of systemd support in a significant number of
	   packages.
	 - Qt5 updated to 5.5.0
	 - Use modular X.org server by default instead of KDrive

	Filesystems:

	 - Complete overhaul of the iso9660 support. Now allows to use
	   directly IS9660 as the root filesystem format and not only
	   an initrd, and supports Grub 2 and isolinux in addition to
	   Grub.

	Updated packages: a10disp, agentpp, apache, at91bootstrap3,
	audit, barebox, bc, bind, bmon, boost, btrfs-progs,
	ca-certificates, can-utils, ccache, cloog, collectd, connman,
	coreutils, c-periphery, cryptsetup, dado, dbus, dejavu,
	dhcpcd, dnsmasq, dosfstools, dovecot, dovecot-pigeonhole,
	e2fsprogs, ejabberd, erlang-p1-cache-tab, erlang-p1-sip,
	erlang-p1-stringprep, erlang-p1-stun, erlang-p1-tls,
	erlang-p1-utils, erlang-p1-xml, erlang-p1-yaml, ethtool,
	eudev, evtest, exim, expect, explorercanvas, feh, ffmpeg,
	file, flashrom, freescale-imx, freetype, gawk, gcc, gdb,
	gettext, git, glib-networking, gnupg2, gnutls, gpsd, gptfdisk,
	gpu-viv-bin-mx6q, gst-fsl-plugins, harfbuzz, hdparm, heimdal,
	i2c-tools, imagemagick, imx-vpu, iproute2, ipset, isl, iw,
	kodi, kodi-addon-xvdr, kodi-audioencoder-flac,
	kodi-audioencoder-lame, kodi-audioencoder-vorbis,
	kodi-audioencoder-wav, lftp, libass, libassuan, libcec,
	libconfi, libcurl, libdrm, libevdev, libfreefare, libfslcodec,
	libfslparser, libfslvpuwrap, libfuse, libglib2, libgpgme,
	libgtk2, libgtk3, libical, libidn, libiio, libinput, libiscsi,
	libllcp, libmicrohttpd, libnfc, libnss, libpcap, libpciaccess,
	libpng, libserialport, libsigrok, libsoc, libtirpc, libubox,
	libunistring, libupnp, libuv, libv4l, libva,
	libva-intel-driver, libXrandr, lighttpd, linenoise, linux,
	linux-firmware, linux-headers, live555, ltrace, lua,
	lua-csnappy, lua-ev, luajit, lua-messagepack, luaperiphery,
	lvm2, lxc, lzo, mesa3d, mesa3d-headers, midori, mmc-utils,
	modem-manager, mono, mosquitto, mpd, mpd-mpc, mpfr, mpg123,
	mtd, musl, nano, netperf, network-manager, nfs-utils, nginx,
	nodejs, ntp, ola, opencv, openldap, openssh, openssl,
	openswan, openvmtools, openvpn, opkg, orbit, orc, pcmanfm,
	perl-cross, perl-encode-locale, perl-io-socket-ssl,
	perl-mojolicious, perl-net-ssleay, perl-path-tiny, perl-uri,
	perl-xml-libxml, php, pinentry, polarssl, postgresql,
	pulseview, pure-ftpd, python, python-dpkt, python-lxml,
	python-networkmanager, python-pyinotify, python-pypcap,
	python-tornado, qextserialport, qt, qt5, rapidjson, redis,
	rpcbind, rpi-firmware, rpi-userland, samba4, shairport-sync,
	snmpp, sqlite, squid, strongswan, stunnel, sudo, sunxi-boards,
	sunxi-mali, sysdig, sysstat, systemd, tcpdump, tiff, tmux,
	tor, txheadend, tzdata, uboot, uclibc, ulogd, upmpdcli,
	usb_modeswitch, usb_modeswitch_data, vala, vsftpd, wayland,
	weston, whois, wireless-regdb, wireshark, x264, xapp_xvinfo,
	xdriver_xf86-input-libinput, xdriver_xf86-input-vmmouse,
	xdriver_xf86-video-cirrus, xdriver_xf86-video-geode,
	xdriver_xf86-video-imx-viv, xdriver_xf86-video-mach64,
	xdriver_xf86-video-neomagic, xdriver_xf86-video-r128,
	xdriver_xf86-video-savage, xdriver_xf86-video-siliconmotion,
	xdriver_xf86-video-vesa, xkeyboard-config, xlib_libfontenc,
	xlib_libFS, xlib_libXaw, xlib_libxkbfile, xlib_libXrender,
	xlib_libXt, xproto_kbproto, xproto_xproto, xproto_xrandrproto,
	xscreensaver, xserver_xorg-server, xtables-addons, yaml-cpp,
	zic.

	New packages: angularjs, atf, audit, c-icap, c-icap-modules,
	cpio, dawgdic, faketime, fcgiwrap, gflags, glog, initscripts,
	jquery-datetimepicker, kodi-audioencoder-modplug,
	kodi-audioencoder-nosefar, kodi-audioencoder-sidplay,
	kodi-audioencoder-snesapu, kodi-audioencoder-stsound,
	kodi-audioencoder-timidity, kodi-audioencoder-vgmstream,
	kodi-platform, kodi-pvr-argustv, kodi-pvr-dvblink,
	kodi-pvr-dvbviewer, kodi-pvr-filmon, kodi-pvr-hts,
	kodi-pvr-iptvsimple, kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver,
	kodi-pvr-mythtv, kodi-pvr-nextpvr, kodi-pvr-njoy,
	kodi-pvr-pctv, kodi-pvr-stalker, kodi-pvr-vbox,
	kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi, kodi-pvr-vuplus, kodi-pvr-wmc,
	kodi-screensaver-asteroids, kodi-screensaver-biogenesis,
	kodi-screensaver-crystalmorph, kodi-screensaver-greynetic,
	kodi-screensaver-pingpong, kodi-screensaver-pyro,
	kodi-screensaver-stars, kodi-visualisation-shadertoy,
	kodi-visualisation-spectrum, kodi-visualisation-waveforhue,
	kodi-visualisation-waveform, kvmtool, kyua, libfm,
	libfm-extra, libplatform, librtas, libsodium, libsquish,
	libucl, libump, linux-backports, lua-iconv, lutok, menu-cache,
	moarvm, monkey, mono-gtksharp3, mosh, openipmi, python-can,
	python-pycli, python-pydal, python-pyyaml, python-web2py,
	qpid-proton, qt5webchannel, quazip, racehound, rtl8188eu,
	rtl8821au, sepolgen, setools, skeleton, stm32flash,
	webkitgtk24, xdriver_xf86-video-qxl, zynq-boot-bin.

	Deprecated packages: webkitgtk, libgail, eglibc support in
	glibc package.