4.0.0

Release 4.0

This release adapts to the latest oelint-parser release

Breaking changes

• --constantfile option has been removed, as deprecated by the parser

New

• --release option to specify a Yocto project release to check against (default currently is nanbield)
• Rule can now be constrained against releases
• Some automated fixtures are applied by the specified --release e.g. override syntax
• oelint.vars.mispell.unknown rule to inform about entirely unknown variables
• oelint.vars.srcurioptions earned support for gs:// fetcher
• oelint.var.addpylib to check on the correct usage of addpylib statements
• rule can now override the default severity when reporting a finding
• Not applicable nooelint statements will be now reported as oelint.file.inlinesuppress_na
• oelint.var.inherit checks on inherit vs inherit_defer usage (scarthgap an newer releases)

Fixes

• main: configuration is now shared via State class between different processes of the multiprocessing pool
• requirements: wheel has been moved to requirements-dev
• updated documentation
• main: only spawn the needed amount of processes instead of using all cores (in case groups < # of cores)

Closed tickets

• #481
• #362
• #477