Release v3.4.2

Quarterly release including bug fixes, improvements and a few minor breaking changes.

Breaking Changes

• In Fw/FilePacket, the length and value member variables are now private and should instead be accessed with the getLength and getValue methods.
• In Svc/FileDownlink, the sourceName, destName, osFile and size member variables are now private and should be accessed with their get* methods.
• send is now a reserved keyword in FPP. FPP objects that are named send, such as ports, need to be either renamed or escaped with a $ character (see reference on escape characters in FPP)
• The following only applies to projects that pull the config/ folder out of fprime/ to configure and own it in their project.
  Modifications are required in the following files (links show content to add):
  • config/AcConstants.fpp
  • config/CMakeLists.txt
  • config/FpConfig.fpp
  • config/FpConfig.h
  • config/DpCfg.fpp (new file)

Improvements

• The Ninja build tool is now officially supported by F´ Tools. Generate a Ninja-based build cache with fprime-util generate --ninja.
• fprime-util new --project is being deprecated in favor of a new package: fprime-bootstrap. This is to fix installation issues as well as improve user experience with a new recommended approach to using virtual environments within an F´ project. See the Install Guide for more information.
• Improvements to the F´ GDS and F´ Tools packages.

All PRs

• Add FPRIME_PROJECT_ROOT to CMAKE_MODULE_PATH. Fixes #2443 by @LeStarch in #2444
• Fix pedantic warning on assert macro by @JohanBertrand in #2436
• Fix/enum representation types by @JackNWhite in #2419
• Fix typo in fpp.cmake by @eltociear in #2459
• Updating framework for FPP post-v2.0.1 by @LeStarch in #2454
• Fix MacOS CI by @thomas-bc in #2466
• Correcting NO_ASSERT handling and safety. Fixes #1706, #2447 by @LeStarch in #2448
• Fix pedantic warnings by @JohanBertrand in #2441
• (#2465) use u8 instead of char by @japrozs in #2471
• Switching to absolute paths in CMake. Fixes #2449 by @LeStarch in #2451
• Generalize UT of RateGroupDriver by @SMorettini in #2472
• Add version-check to bug-report template (#2407) by @0x48piraj in #2490
• Fix Baremetal/FileSystem readDirectory() impl by @kbotteon in #2489
• Fix issues in FppTest by @bocchino in #2494
• Update ActiveTextLogger naming to match build system naming expectations by @kbotteon in #2509
• Remove AcConstants.ini by @thomas-bc in #2496
• Fix shadow variables by @JohanBertrand in #2482
• Update demo to show member array support gds by @SMorettini in #2517
• Fixes FIFO buffer after fix-shadow-variables by @LeStarch in #2524
• Removed a_ prefix on arguments by @JohanBertrand in #2513
• Update install guide to use fprime-bootstrap by @thomas-bc in #2512
• Data product framework support by @bocchino in #2485
• Release v3.4.2 by @thomas-bc in #2531

New Contributors

• @JackNWhite made their first contribution in #2419
• @japrozs made their first contribution in #2471
• @0x48piraj made their first contribution in #2490
• @kbotteon made their first contribution in #2489

Full Changelog: v3.4.1...v3.4.2