4.7.0 - Xmas2

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We are happy to announce Sming version 4.7.0 - Xmas2 a new major release and our present for you this Christmas :).
Thanks to our great contributors and special thanks to @mikee47's and his fantastic work.

Some of the highlights in this version

• Feature: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support for Esp32 Feature: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support for Esp32  #2499
• Initial board-level configuration support Initial board-level configuration support #2530
• Add general UUID / GUID support Add general UUID / GUID support #2552
• Add disk storage support (SD cards) Add disk storage support (SD cards) #2584

Improvements

• Revise station configuration to support BSSID Revise station configuration to support BSSID #2522
• Updated Bearssl. Updated Bearssl. #2520
• Installer: More flexible Linux distribution detection. Installer: More flexible Linux distribution detection. #2523
• Allow use of static and global File, Directory objects Allow use of static and global File, Directory objects #2529
• Implement basic ESP32 deep sleep Implement basic ESP32 deep sleep #2527
• Update System.h with info about the deep sleep mode. Update System.h with info about the deep sleep mode. #2526
• Fixes for latest ESP32 SDK 4.3 Fixes for latest ESP32 SDK 4.3 #2534
• Add support for TX_DONE interrupt for ESP32 in IOControl modbus Add support for TX_DONE interrupt for ESP32 in IOControl modbus #2535
• Fix valgrind invocation when ENABLE_HOST_UARTID is defined Fix valgrind invocation when ENABLE_HOST_UARTID is defined #2537
• Add 64-bit mprintf support Add 64-bit mprintf support #2549
• Add basic C++ output streaming support Add basic C++ output streaming support #2551
• Improve HashMap memory usage, add sorting capability Improve HashMap memory usage, add sorting capability #2556
• Tidy up and improve Vector class memory usage Tidy up and improve Vector class memory usage #2558
• Add ESP32 task watchdog reset to flash routines Add ESP32 task watchdog reset to flash routines #2562
• Revise Partition in-memory storage mechanism Revise Partition in-memory storage mechanism #2564
• Add Host stubs for RTC mem read/write Add Host stubs for RTC mem read/write #2588
• Remove CustomDevice, use editablePartitions() method Remove CustomDevice, use editablePartitions() method #2572
• Add Github actions support for library CI testing Add Github actions support for library CI testing #2577

Bug fixes

• Fix ObjectList inheritance Fix ObjectList inheritance #2582
• Partition method fixes Partition method fixes #2585
• Esp32 fixes Esp32 fixes #2528
• Fix smg_uart_uninit() from blocking subsequent re-initialisation Fix smg_uart_uninit() from blocking subsequent re-initialisation #2560
• Fix ESP32 system restart problems Fix ESP32 system restart problems #2543
• Fix pulseIn() Fix pulseIn() #2538
• Fix RbootUpgrader to take notice of RBOOT_RTC_ENABLED Fix RbootUpgrader to take notice of RBOOT_RTC_ENABLED #2525
• Fix rp2040 tx done interrupt Fix rp2040 tx done interrupt #2531
• Fix Partition == operator Fix Partition == operator #2533
• Fix Ultrasonic_HCSR04 sample Fix Ultrasonic_HCSR04 sample #2539
• Fix Storage partition issues Fix Storage partition issues #2548
• Catch Range::random() divide-by-zero condition, fix off-by-1 error Catch Range::random() divide-by-zero condition, fix off-by-1 error #2559
• Fix minor filesystem bugs Fix minor filesystem bugs #2563
• Fix Uuid comparison for PROGMEM usage Fix Uuid comparison for PROGMEM usage #2567
• Fix make[1]: cc: Command not found during clean Fix make[1]: cc: Command not found during clean #2568
• Newer version of GCC complain about usage of printf(string-or-var) without … Newer version of GCC complain about usage of printf(string-or-var) without … #2586
• Fix issue with esp32 paths. Fix issue with esp32 paths. #2580

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 4.6.0..4.7.0

Thanks to everyone who helped us make this release happen!

Full Changelog: 4.6.0...4.7.0

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