OTA-8
Ubuntu Touch is no longer maintained as a core product by Canonical.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-8 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: #27
BQ Aquaris E5 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - vegetahd: #7
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - generic: not yet released
Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/bq-aquaris.en - mako: #25
Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - arale: #7
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.en - generic: not yet released
Meizu MX4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - arale: #3
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/meizu.zh - generic: not yet released
Nexus 4 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - mako: #25
Nexus 7 : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - flo: #3
Emulator : ubuntu-touch/stable/ubuntu - generic: not yet released
On a device, this "image number" is shown as the "OS build number" in System Settings > About this phone > OS.
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 15.04.2 framework, UITK offering new PageHeader component
- New twitter scope, new book aggregator scope
- Sound controls in the sound indicator (Play, Pause)
QtPurchasing based in-app-purchases
- Webbrowser:
- Media access permissions for sites
- Top level bookmarks view
- Thumbnails and grid view for Top Sites page
- Buteo used for contact sync
- Location service velocity and heading information
- OTA version numbering now visible in system-settings (e.g. OTA-8)
- Completely re-designed weather-app
- Porting core-applications to UITK 1.3
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:
- Performance fixes for various components (e.g. messaging-app, SDK components)
- Fixes to location accuracy
- Reduced power use when there is no network connection
- Call ringtone will play on speakers with headphones connected
- Fixes to reduce some of the UI hangs due to dbus traffic
...and much much more.
Detailed changes
Commitlog: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ota/ota-8.commitlog
Milestone bug list: https://launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+milestone/ww46-2015
Known issues
The following is a list of issues that notable enough for explicit mention in the release notes.
- LP: #1376268 - No copy/paste context menu in webbrowser-app, fix re-scheduled for OTA-9
- LP: #1517597 - Emulator images broken
Touch/ReleaseNotes/OTA-8 (last edited 2015-11-19 14:38:50 by sil2100)