migration-guides: draft notes for upcoming release 5.0

(From yocto-docs rev: e81c4da57aacce4a5c9e7b36ad4f911116747dd1)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

documentation/migration-guides/index.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ to move to one release of the Yocto Project from the previous one.
 .. toctree::
 
    migration-general
+   release-5.0
    release-4.3
    release-4.2
    release-4.1

documentation/migration-guides/migration-5.0.rst

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release 5.0 LTS (scarthgap)
+===========================
+
+Migration notes for 5.0 (scarthgap)
+------------------------------------
+
+This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto
+Project 5.0 Release (codename "scarthgap") from the prior release.
+
+To migrate from an earlier LTS release, you **also** need to check all
+the previous migration notes from your release to this new one:
+
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.3`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.2`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.1`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-4.0`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.4`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.3`
+-  :doc:`/migration-guides/migration-3.2`
+
+.. _migration-5.0-supported-kernel-versions:
+
+Supported kernel versions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The :term:`OLDEST_KERNEL` setting is still "5.15" in this release, meaning that
+out the box, older kernels are not supported. See :ref:`4.3 migration notes
+<migration-4.3-supported-kernel-versions>` for details.
+
+.. _migration-5.0-supported-distributions:
+
+Supported distributions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compared to the previous releases, running BitBake is supported on new
+GNU/Linux distributions:
+
+-  Rocky 9
+
+On the other hand, some earlier distributions are no longer supported:
+
+-  Fedora 37
+-  Ubuntu 22.10
+-  OpenSUSE Leap 15.3
+
+See :ref:`all supported distributions <system-requirements-supported-distros>`.
+
+.. _migration-5.0-go-changes:
+
+Go language changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _migration-5.0-systemd-changes:
+
+systemd changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _migration-5.0-recipe-changes:
+
+Recipe changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Runtime testing of ptest now fails if no test results are returned by
+   any given ptest.
+
+.. _migration-5.0-deprecated-variables:
+
+Deprecated variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following variables have been deprecated:
+
+.. _migration-5.0-removed-variables:
+
+Removed variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following variables have been removed:
+
+.. _migration-5.0-removed-recipes:
+
+Removed recipes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been removed in this release:
+
+.. _migration-5.0-removed-classes:
+
+Removed classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following classes have been removed in this release:
+
+.. _migration-5.0-qemu-changes:
+
+QEMU changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. _migration-5.0-misc-changes:
+
+Miscellaneous changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+

documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release 5.0 (scarthgap)
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   migration-5.0
+   release-notes-5.0

documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.rst

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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+Release notes for 5.0 (scarthgap)
+---------------------------------
+
+New Features / Enhancements in 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Linux kernel 6.6, gcc 13.2, glibc 2.39, LLVM 18.1, and over XXX other recipe upgrades
+
+-  New variables:
+
+-  Architecture-specific enhancements:
+
+-  Kernel-related enhancements:
+
+-  New core recipes:
+
+-  QEMU / ``runqemu`` enhancements:
+
+   -  QEMU has been upgraded to version 8.2.1
+
+-  Rust improvements:
+
+   -  Rust has been upgraded to version 1.75
+
+-  wic Image Creator enhancements:
+
+-  SDK-related improvements:
+
+-  Testing:
+
+-  Utility script changes:
+
+-  BitBake improvements:
+
+-  Packaging changes:
+
+-  Security improvements:
+
+-  Prominent documentation updates:
+
+-  Miscellaneous changes:
+
+Known Issues in 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  N/A
+
+Recipe License changes in 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Security Fixes in 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recipe Upgrades in 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Contributors to 5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+