.. _release-1.9.0: Rockcraft 1.9.0 release notes ============================= 28 February 2025 Learn about the new features, changes, and fixes introduced in Rockcraft 1.9.0. For information about the Rockcraft release cycle, see the :ref:`release_policy_and_schedule`. Requirements and compatibility ------------------------------ To run Rockcraft, a system requires the following minimum hardware and installed software. These requirements apply to local hosts as well as VMs and container hosts. Minimum hardware requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - AMD64, ARM64, ARMv7-M, RISC-V 64-bit, PowerPC 64-bit little-endian, or S390x processor - 2GB RAM - 10GB available storage space - Internet access for remote software sources and the Snap Store Platform requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 1 3 3 * - Platform - Version - Software requirements * - GNU/Linux - Popular distributions that ship with systemd and are `compatible with snapd `_ - systemd What's new ---------- Rockcraft 1.9.0 brings the following features, integrations, and improvements. Remote build improvements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ``remote-build`` command now displays builds that have been created but are still pending. Additionally, the Launchpad project can be specified through the new ``--project`` parameter. Improved support for build-packages for cross-compilation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rockcraft projects that perform cross-compilation can now declare packages of the target architecture in the ``build-packages`` key. Documentation improvements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The terminology around the ``rockcraft.yaml`` project file has been cleaned up, and the **Give Feedback** button has been restored to its location at the the top of the page. Contributors ------------ We would like to express a big thank you to all the people who contributed to this release. :literalref:`@bepri`, :literalref:`@erinecon`, :literalref:`@medubelko`. and :literalref:`@s-makin`.