platformio/platformio-core v6.0.0

6.0.0

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Please check the Migration guide from 5.x to 6.0.

• Package Management

  • New unified Package Management CLI (pio pkg):

    • pio pkg exec - run command from package tool (issue #4163)
    • pio pkg install - install the project dependencies or custom packages
    • pio pkg list - list installed packages
    • pio pkg outdated - check for project outdated packages
    • pio pkg search - search for packages
    • pio pkg show - show package information
    • pio pkg uninstall - uninstall the project dependencies or custom packages
    • pio pkg update - update the project dependencies or custom packages

  • Package Manifest

    • Added support for "scripts" (issue #485)
    • Added support for multi-licensed packages using SPDX Expressions (issue #4037)
    • Added support for "dependencies" declared in a "tool" package manifest

  • Added support for symbolic links allowing pointing the local source folder to the Package Manager (issue #3348)

  • Automatically install dependencies of the local (private) project libraries (issue #2910)

  • Improved detection of a package type from the tarball archive (issue #3828)

  • Ignore files according to the patterns declared in ".gitignore" when using the pio package pack command (issue #4188)

  • Dropped automatic updates of global libraries and development platforms (issue #4179)

  • Dropped support for the "pythonPackages" field in "platform.json" manifest in favor of Extra Python Dependencies

  • Fixed an issue when manually removed dependencies from the "platformio.ini" configuration file were not uninstalled from the storage (issue #3076)

• Unit Testing

  • Refactored from scratch Unit Testing solution and its documentation
  • New: Test Hierarchy (issue #4135)
  • New: Doctest testing framework (issue #4240)
  • New: GoogleTest testing and mocking framework (issue #3572)
  • New: Semihosting (issue #3516)
  • New: Hardware Simulators for Unit Testing (QEMU, Renode, SimAVR, and custom solutions)
  • New: test build configuration
  • Added support for a custom testing framework
  • Added support for a custom testing command
  • Added support for a custom Unity library (issue #3980)
  • Added support for the socket:// and rfc2217:// protocols using test_port option (issue #4229)
  • List available project tests with a new pio test --list-tests option
  • Pass extra arguments to the testing program with a new pio test --program-arg option (issue #3132)
  • Generate reports in JUnit and JSON formats using the pio test command (issue #2891)
  • Provide more information when the native program crashed on a host (errored with a non-zero return code) (issue #3429)
  • Improved automatic detection of a testing serial port (issue #4076)
  • Fixed an issue when command line parameters (--ignore, --filter) do not override values defined in the "platformio.ini" configuration file (issue #3845)
  • Renamed the "test_build_project_src" project configuration option to the test_build_src
  • Removed the "test_transport" option in favor of the Custom "unity_config.h"

• Static Code Analysis

  • Updated analysis tools:

    • Cppcheck v2.7 with various checker improvements and fixed false positives
    • PVS-Studio v7.18 with improved and updated semantic analysis system

  • Added support for the custom Clang-Tidy configuration file (issue #4186)

  • Added ability to override a tool version using the platform_packages option (issue #3798)

  • Fixed an issue with improper handling of defects that don't specify a source file (issue #4237)

• Build System

  • Show project dependency licenses when building in the verbose mode
  • Fixed an issue when LDF ignores the project lib_deps while resolving library dependencies (issue #3598)
  • Fixed an issue with calling an extra script located outside a project (issue #4220)
  • Fixed an issue when GCC preprocessor was applied to the ".s" assembly files on case-sensitive OS such as Window OS (issue #3917)
  • Fixed an issue when LDF ignores build_src_flags in the "deep+" mode (issue #4253)

• Integration

  • Added a new build variable (COMPILATIONDB_INCLUDE_TOOLCHAIN) to include toolchain paths in the compilation database (issue #3735)
  • Changed a default path for compilation database compile_commands.json to the project root
  • Enhanced integration for Qt Creator (issue #3046)

• Project Configuration

  • Extended Interpolation of Values with ${this} pattern (issue #3953)
  • Embed environment name of the current section in the "platformio.ini" configuration file using ${this.__env__} pattern
  • Renamed the "src_build_flags" project configuration option to the build_src_flags
  • Renamed the "src_filter" project configuration option to the build_src_filter

• Miscellaneous

  • Pass extra arguments to the native program with a new pio run --program-arg option (issue #4246)
  • Improved PIO Remote setup on credit-card sized computers (Raspberry Pi, BeagleBon, etc) (issue #3865)
  • Finally removed all tracks to the Python 2.7, the Python 3.6 is the minimum supported version.