Will the kernel ever be taken to a newer longterm version? 3.14 or 3.18 come to mind here, currently there is a mismatch between the kernel version of btrfs and btrfs-tools installed on the phone....
2015-03-23 12:50 GMT+02:00 Oleg Linkin <maledictusdema...@gmail.com>: > will 1.1.4 contain new UI framework with richer eventsview? > > 2015-03-23 13:42 GMT+03:00 Soumya Bijjal <soumya.bij...@jollamobile.com>: > >> Hi all, >> >> During the last iteration, we had an intensive development period on >> tablet hardware adaptation and the new UI framework. The results were >> demonstrated at Mobile World Congress early this month. We are overwhelmed >> with the positive response and reviews of the Tablet. Do take a look at the >> blog entry summarizing our participation at MWC if you haven't already: >> https://blog.jolla.com/mobile-world-congress-2015/ >> >> A quick recap on the progress so far: >> New UI framework: >> * Lockscreen with time, day and date information >> * Media player controls in lock screen for native Media app >> * Persistent status area in homescreen and lockscreen >> * Richer eventsview with widgets such as >> - displaying weather info >> - upcoming calendar events >> - shortcuts to toggle commonly used settings such as bluetooth, >> airplane mode, wlan and location, >> - shortcuts to perform quick actions , e.g search on web, take a >> picture, make a note etc >> - improved notification handling, grouping, secondary actions >> * Power key menu >> * Carousel transition to access home, open apps and events view >> * New swipe animations and transitions >> * Presence settings moved from events view to settings app >> >> Landscape mode and layout updates for apps for tablet: >> * Work in progress for Settings, Startup wizard, Calculator, Media >> player, Calendar and Gallery apps >> >> Drop upower in favour of statefs: >> Implementation work is now complete, now working towards gracefully >> handling the removal of obsolete packages. This task depends updating Mer >> Core OS to use newer version of libsolv, libzypp, zypper libraries. >> >> GStreamer update to 1.x: >> * More work on cleaning up the code for gst-droid encoders and decoders. >> The code is now more robust. >> * Viewfinder and captured images should have the correct orientation. >> * Hunting down issues with writing the correct orientation for the >> recorded videos. >> * Porting the thumbnailer to a more recent libav >> * Making sure qtmultimedia can be used with GStreamer 1.x by building it, >> rebasing nemo patches on top of it and fixing any issues. >> * PHONE ONLY: jolla camera more or less works with some issues remaining. >> Gallery video playback with some issues remaining. >> >> Toolchain upgrade to gcc4.8: >> Moved to a later OS upgrade to give us time to complete the >> implementation of BTRFS balancing operation before performing OS upgrade. >> >> For this iteration, we have planned the following: >> * Kernel update to latest linux-stable version 3.4.106 for Jolla Phone >> * Tablet adaptation work >> - recovery mode/factory reset operation >> - device identifiers supporting tablet OS upgrade >> * Preparations for Bluetooth certification qualification >> * Security fixes for gnutls vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-0282, >> CVE-2015-0294), libgcrypt vulnerabilities CVE-2014-3591, CVE-2015-0837 and >> openssl vulnerability notified in http://marc.info/?l=openssl- >> announce&m=142667932619582&w=2 >> * Implement parts of voicecall-manager for SIP and other VoIP protocols >> * Finalize the new UI framework features demonstrated during MWC >> * Tablet-optimized apps and landscape layouts >> * Refresh visuals for Sailfish Silica components >> * Virtual/HW keyboard opening policy >> * Email Search >> * Improve folders list in Mail app >> * Continue with the following from last iteration >> - Camera adaptation work on Tablet >> - File system layout implementation for Tablet >> - Android runtime support Tablet >> - Continue working on landscape modes for apps >> - Settings pane to display disk usage >> - Allow factory reset operation to reset the OS to the latest available >> public version instead of the age old factory image >> - Upgrade to Pulseaudio 6.0 >> - Private browsing >> - SIP integration into accounts. test IM capabilities in messaging >> >> The following tasks unfortunately did not progress during the last >> iteration, we hope to catch up on them now. >> - Review certification middleware code >> - USB tethering UI >> - Enable open VPN support on the OS >> >> The next OS upgrade, version 1.1.4 (Aijänpäivänjärvi) is in the release >> candidate phase. Here are a few highlights on the release content: >> - Landscape mode for Maps >> - Split keyboard in landscape mode with a setting to disable it if >> needed under Settings > System > Text input >> - IMAP idle/push support for mail accounts >> - Resolution independent icons >> >> In addition, Facebook account has been updated to use API version 2.2, >> which has unfortunately lead to extreme reduction in functionality, i.e no >> instant messaging nor contacts sync. Facebook has notified that the XMPP >> chat API will no longer be available after April 30, 2015 >> https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat. >> >> We have now moved our codebase to use new API version, thus disabling >> Facebook instant messaging capability on SailfishOS. It also limits the >> contact synchronization to only provide contact info of people using the >> same app; in our case this would mean that one could obtain contacts only >> if his/her Facebook friends are also Jolla phone users. We agreed >> internally that such a limited contact sync is pretty much useless to our >> users and hence the contact sync has also be disabled. We have initiated >> talks with Facebook in an attempt to find a way forward. >> >> Thats all for now, >> bijjal >> _______________________________________________ >> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >> To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscribe@lists. >> sailfishos.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list > To unsubscribe, please send a mail to > devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org >
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