Release Notes¶
PlatformIO Core 5¶
A professional collaborative platform for embedded development
5.0.2 (2020-09-??)¶
- Fixed a “PermissionError: [WinError 5]” on Windows when 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)
5.0.1 (2020-09-10)¶
- Added support for “owner” requirement when declaring
dependenciesusing 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
- 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
cleantarget on Windows when project and build directories are located on different logical drives (issue #3542)
- Upgraded build engine to the SCons 4.0 - a next-generation software construction tool
- 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, --environmentoption 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)
- Updated analysis tools:
- 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.