4.5.0 - codename XMAS

We are happy to announce Sming version 4.5.0 - XMAS a new major release and our present for you this Christmas :).
"M" in the codename as before is used to signify a high-quality release and X is used to signify adding additional features that allow eXtending Sming to realms far beyond a simple embedded framework
Thanks to @mikee47's and his fantastic work.

Some of the highlights in this release:

• Initial support for Rp2040 architecture #2392
• Added Kconfig support #2374
• Added MHZ19 CO2 sensor library #2415
• Added SoC configurations and SMING_SOC setting #2421
• VM: Added rBPF containers #2422
• VM: Added JavaScript VM #2432

Removal of multiple deprecated features and a lot of improvements. The complete list is given below:

New Contributors

• @alexdz18 made their first contribution in #2337
• @charlesschaefer made their first contribution in #2340

Improvements

• Change uart settings values and use enums #2387
• Rationalise compiler flags and esp32 improvements #2388
• Added support for creating Eclipse project meta files. #2390
• Updated Adafruit_BME280 to latest, add Adafruit_BusIO #2407
• Updated TwoWire class to support multiple instances #2405
• Allow partition build config to be embedded #2404. Allows file system layout to be defined directly in the hardware configuration Instead of using separate file. Intended to simplify use for minimal FWFS definitions.
• Add Basic_Templates sample with CSV reader class #2403
• Improve TemplateStream tag recognition #2400
• Updated Graphics library with support ST7789V display ... #2396
• Add library CI support #2434
• Update landing pages, plus doc fixes #2443
• Multiple documentation fixes #2453

Bug fixes

• Fix Hosted operation for Windows #2378
• clang-format-8 is optional and should not prevent the installation. #2381
• Fix for SPI debug. #2382
• WDT::alive() calls wrong function #2383
• String::replace not using memmove #2384
• Fix edge case in String::replace #2401
• Fix hwconfig option handling, add 1m, 2m hwconfig options and spiffs-2m.hw #2385
• Fix bugs in si2c twi_status() timeout and host uart/timer. #2389
• Fixes compilation of Ota library for Esp32. #2391
• Fix some codacy advisories #2393
• HttpServer: Fixed a bug with request headers not being reset. #2424
• Fix make ide-vscode for Esp32/Windows #2410
• RP2040 fixes #2402
• Cs5460 fix #2418
• OTA Deployer should exit when there is an error. #2420
• HttpServer: Fixed a bug with request headers not being reset. #2424
• Fixed bit-length bugs in Esp32 SPIClass #2438
• Fix receive interrupt bug in Esp32 uart driver #2446
• Better spelling #2444
• Fix SmingTest to handle floating-point values #2447

Changes

• Move Network-related classes into Network Component #2386

Deprecations

• Undeprecated HttpRequest::getQueryParameter and ... #2379

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for old esp8266 toolchain (UDK / esp-open-sdk) #2430
• Removed old deprecated items #2379
• Removed eclipse project files #2412. Files can be generated for any project using make ide-eclipse so do not need to be kept in the repository.

All PRs that were merged in this release can be seen from here.

For a complete list of changes run the following command:

git log 4.4.1..4.5.0

Thanks to everyone who helped us make this release happen!

Full Changelog: 4.4.1...4.5.0