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| ## page was copied from Touch/ReleaseNotes/OTA-5 | |
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| = Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Update = | = Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Update = |
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| * ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''krillin''': '''24''' * ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''vegetahd''': '''4''' * ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''generic''': ''not yet released'' * ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''arale''': '''3''' * ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''generic''': ''not yet released'' |
* BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''krillin''': '''#25''' * BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''vegetahd''': '''#5''' * Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''generic''': ''not yet released'' * Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - '''mako''': '''#23''' * Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''arale''': '''#4''' * Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - '''generic''': ''not yet released'' * Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''mako''': '''#23''' * Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''flo''': '''#1''' * Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - '''generic''': '''#16''' |
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| === Unity8 === | === Important features === |
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| Unity8 now supports full-shell rotation, all applications now by default support rotation - explicit locking to a selected one is required if wanted. The whole system also got new updated icons: both the indicators, system-settings, toolkit and core-applications. | * New loading splash screen during boot * Trust store integration for camera-app and pulseaudio - authorization now required to allow any application access to camera and audio recording * WiFi hotspot support * media-hub webbrowser-app/webapp integration - enabling audio playback for webapps * New alarm sounds * Slight updates in the overall design * Webbrowser Find in page functionality added * Oxide 1.8.4 * Changes to the 'high volume' warning UI and behaviour for compatibility with EU regulations * Improved expanded indicator visibility |
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| === Meizu MX4 === | === Bugfixes === |
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| * Overall battery life improvements, power consumption in normal usage greatly improved * LED notification fixes - the button now properly lights up on incoming notifications * GU size change, allowing the system to make more use of the additional screen space |
As we know, each release includes a huge number of bugs - some for previous issues and some for new regressions introduced in-between. To see the overall list of what issues got fixed, please check the detailed changes below. The interesting ones are as follows: |
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| === Others === * Updated translations for all the available languages * Multiple network and telephony improvements * New platform-api (v3), Ubuntu UI Toolkit and mir (0.13.3) * Most up-to-date core-applications |
* Removal of non-existing APs from the AP list * Fix for Facebook integration * Fixes for wrong contacts shown as message sender * Fix media-hub HTTPS stream support * Fix emulator images not building and not booting * Multiple critical fixes in all core components such as UITK, Unity8, telephony and networking |
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| * Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-5.commitlog * Milestone bug list: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww28-2015 |
* Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-6.commitlog * Milestone bug list: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww34-2015 |
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| The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes. | The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes. Some of the issues are candidates for a hotfix OTA release in the nearest time. |
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| * Bug #1458694 - unity8 fails to start on the emulator * Bug #1444883 - Emergency numbers other than 112 and 911 (and 999 for the UK) are not available in emergency mode * Arale battery level indication unreliable |
* Don't use the UITK 1.3 version for application development, this requires a new framework version released which is still not available * LP: #1485608 - Ghost applications in the spread * LP: #1364647 - When headphones are plugged, alarms only sound off in the headphones * LP: #1488983 - Nexus 7 specific (flo): Video mode breaks the camera app till device is rebooted * Emulator images not working on Wily (15.10) |
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Ubuntu Touch is no longer maintained as a core product by Canonical. However, the Ubports community are continuing development.
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Update
Image numbers
As each channel and device has separate versioning, the following list shows the respective image numbers corresponding to the released update:
BQ Aquaris E4.5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - krillin: #25
BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: #5
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: not yet released
Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - mako: #23
Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: #4
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: not yet released
Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: #23
Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - flo: #1
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic: #16
Overview of changes
This list is only a highlight of the few changes available in this update. Please check the detailed changes for all the changes included in this OTA.
Important features
- New loading splash screen during boot
- Trust store integration for camera-app and pulseaudio - authorization now required to allow any application access to camera and audio recording
WiFi hotspot support
- media-hub webbrowser-app/webapp integration - enabling audio playback for webapps
- New alarm sounds
- Slight updates in the overall design
- Webbrowser Find in page functionality added
- Oxide 1.8.4
- Changes to the 'high volume' warning UI and behaviour for compatibility with EU regulations
- Improved expanded indicator visibility
Bugfixes
As we know, each release includes a huge number of bugs - some for previous issues and some for new regressions introduced in-between. To see the overall list of what issues got fixed, please check the detailed changes below. The interesting ones are as follows:
- Removal of non-existing APs from the AP list
- Fix for Facebook integration
- Fixes for wrong contacts shown as message sender
- Fix media-hub HTTPS stream support
- Fix emulator images not building and not booting
- Multiple critical fixes in all core components such as UITK, Unity8, telephony and networking
...and much much more.
Detailed changes
Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-6.commitlog
Milestone bug list: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww34-2015
Known issues
The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes. Some of the issues are candidates for a hotfix OTA release in the nearest time.
- Don't use the UITK 1.3 version for application development, this requires a new framework version released which is still not available
- LP: #1485608 - Ghost applications in the spread
- LP: #1364647 - When headphones are plugged, alarms only sound off in the headphones
- LP: #1488983 - Nexus 7 specific (flo): Video mode breaks the camera app till device is rebooted
- Emulator images not working on Wily (15.10)
Touch/ReleaseNotes/OTA-6 (last edited 2015-09-02 09:57:55 by sil2100)