[SailfishDevel] Update on SailfishOS roadmap

Mon Mar 23 14:00:04 UTC 2015

2015-03-23 14:33 GMT+02:00 Andrea Bernabei <and.bernabei at gmail.com>:

> I don't think it will, that would mean updating all the drivers to the
> new(er) kernel, and Jolla probably doesn't even have access to those
> drivers, they probably just get the blobs from the manufacturer.
>
> Welcome to the mobile market :(
>
I have heard this answer many times but never from an official Jolla
source, considering the fact that the latest Android release uses kernel
3.14 iirc there is always a chance that the drivers were/will be updated.

Another thing I would very much like to see is a better way to submit
patches to Jolla, I have published my localization patch for Jolla-calendar
and even mailed the person who is listed in the source at Jolla but no-one
ever got back to me and neither the patch nor the feature implemented in a
different way have so far made it into jolla-calendar.

Regards,
Eli

>
> 2015-03-23 12:29 GMT+00:00 E.S. Rosenberg <
> es.rosenberg+sailfishos.org at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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 <maledictusdemagog at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> will 1.1.4  contain new UI framework with richer eventsview?
>>>
>>> 2015-03-23 13:42 GMT+03:00 Soumya Bijjal <soumya.bijjal at 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
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