Release Notes¶

PlatformIO Core 5¶

A professional collaborative platform for embedded development

5.0.5 (2021-??-??)¶

Significantly speedup PlatformIO Home loading time by migrating to native Python 3 Asynchronous I/O
Improved listing of multicast DNS services
Check for debug server’s “ready_pattern” in “stderr”

5.0.4 (2020-12-30)¶

Added “Core” suffix when showing PlatformIO Core version using pio --version command
Improved .ccls configuration file for Emacs, Vim, and Sublime Text integrations
Updated analysis tools:
- Cppcheck v2.3 with improved C++ parser and several new MISRA rules
- PVS-Studio v7.11 with new diagnostics and updated mass suppression mechanism
Show a warning message about deprecated support for Python 2 and Python 3.5
Do not provide “intelliSenseMode” option when generating configuration for VSCode C/C++ extension
Fixed a “git-sh-setup: file not found” error when installing project dependencies from Git VCS (issue #3740)
Fixed an issue with package publishing on Windows when Unix permissions are not preserved (issue #3776)

5.0.3 (2020-11-12)¶

Added an error selector for Sublime Text build runner (issue #3733)
Generate a working “projectEnvName” for PlatformIO IDE’s debugger for VSCode
Force VSCode’s intelliSenseMode to “gcc-x64” when GCC toolchain is used
Print ignored test suites and environments in the test summary report only in verbose mode (issue #3726)
Fixed an issue when the package manager tries to install a built-in library from the registry (issue #3662)
Fixed an issue when pio package pack ignores some folders (issue #3730)

5.0.2 (2020-10-30)¶

Initialize a new project or update the existing passing working environment name and its options (issue #3686)
Automatically build PlatformIO Core extra Python dependencies on a host machine if they are missed in the registry (issue #3700)
Improved “core.call” RPC for PlatformIO Home (issue #3671)
Fixed a “PermissionError: [WinError 5]” on Windows when an external repository is used with lib_deps option (issue #3664)
Fixed a “KeyError: ‘versions’” when dependency does not exist in the registry (issue #3666)
Fixed an issue with GCC linker when “native” dev-platform is used in pair with library dependencies (issue #3669)
Fixed an “AssertionError: ensure_dir_exists” when checking library updates from simultaneous subprocesses (issue #3677)
Fixed an issue when pio package publish command removes original archive after submitting to the registry (issue #3716)
Fixed an issue when multiple pio lib install command with the same local library results in duplicates in lib_deps (issue #3715)
Fixed an issue with a “wrong” timestamp in device monitor output using “time” filter (issue #3712)

5.0.1 (2020-09-10)¶

Added support for “owner” requirement when declaring dependencies using library.json
Fixed an issue when using a custom git/ssh package with platform_packages option (issue #3624)
Fixed an issue with “ImportError: cannot import name ‘_get_backend’ from ‘cryptography.hazmat.backends’” when using Remote Development on RaspberryPi device (issue #3652)
Fixed an issue when pio package unpublish command crashes (issue #3660)
Fixed an issue when the package manager tries to install a built-in library from the registry (issue #3662)
Fixed an issue with incorrect value for C++ language standard in IDE projects when an in-progress language standard is used (issue #3653)
Fixed an issue with “Invalid simple block (semantic_version)” from library dependency that refs to an external source (repository, ZIP/Tar archives) (issue #3658)
Fixed an issue when can not remove update or remove external dev-platform using PlatformIO Home (issue #3663)

5.0.0 (2020-09-03)¶

Please check Migration guide from 4.x to 5.0.

Integration with the new PlatformIO Trusted Registry
- Enterprise-grade package storage with high availability (multi replicas)
- Secure, fast, and reliable global content delivery network (CDN)
- Universal support for all packages:
  - Libraries
  - Development platforms
  - Toolchains
- Built-in fine-grained access control (role-based, teams, organizations)
- New CLI commands:
  - pio package – manage packages in the registry
  - pio access – manage package access for users, teams, and maintainers
Integration with the new Account Management System
- Manage organizations
- Manage teams and team memberships
New Package Management System
- Integrated PlatformIO Core with the new PlatformIO Registry
- Support for owner-based dependency declaration (resolves name conflicts) (issue #1824)
- Automatically save dependencies to “platformio.ini” when installing using PlatformIO CLI (issue #2964)
- Follow SemVer complaint version constraints when checking library updates issue #1281)
- Dropped support for “packageRepositories” section in “platform.json” manifest (please publish packages directly to the registry)
Build System
- Upgraded build engine to the SCons 4.0 - a next-generation software construction tool
  - Configuration files are Python scripts – use the power of a real programming language to solve build problems
  - Built-in reliable and automatic dependency analysis
  - Improved support for parallel builds
  - Ability to share built files in a cache to speed up multiple builds
- New Custom Targets
  - Pre/Post processing based on dependent sources (another target, source file, etc.)
  - Command launcher with own arguments
  - Launch command with custom options declared in “platformio.ini”
  - Python callback as a target (use the power of Python interpreter and PlatformIO Build API)
  - List available project targets (including dev-platform specific and custom targets) with a new pio run –list-targets command (issue #3544)
- Enable “cyclic reference” for GCC linker only for the embedded dev-platforms (issue #3570)
- Automatically enable LDF dependency chain+ mode (evaluates C/C++ Preprocessor conditional syntax) for Arduino library when “library.property” has “depends” field (issue #3607)
- Fixed an issue with improper processing of source files added via multiple Build Middlewares (issue #3531)
- Fixed an issue with the clean target on Windows when project and build directories are located on different logical drives (issue #3542)
Project Management
- Added support for “globstar/**” (recursive) pattern for the different commands and configuration options (pio ci, src_filter, check_patterns, library.json > srcFilter). Python 3.5+ is required
- Added a new -e, --environment option to pio project init command that helps to update a PlatformIO project using the existing environment
- Dump build system data intended for IDE extensions/plugins using a new pio project data command
- Do not generate “.travis.yml” for a new project, let the user have a choice
Unit Testing
- Updated PIO Unit Testing support for Mbed framework and added compatibility with Mbed OS 6
- Fixed an issue when running multiple test environments (issue #3523)
- Fixed an issue when Unit Testing engine fails with a custom project configuration file (issue #3583)
Static Code Analysis
- Updated analysis tools:
  - Cppcheck v2.1 with a new “soundy” analysis option and improved code parser
  - PVS-Studio v7.09 with a new file list analysis mode and an extended list of analysis diagnostics
- Added Cppcheck package for ARM-based single-board computers (issue #3559)
- Fixed an issue with PIO Check when a defect with a multiline error message is not reported in verbose mode (issue #3631)
Miscellaneous
- Display system-wide information using a new pio system info command (issue #3521)
- Remove unused data using a new pio system prune command (issue #3522)
- Show ignored project environments only in the verbose mode (issue #3641)
- Do not escape compiler arguments in VSCode template on Windows
- Drop support for Python 2 and 3.5.

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