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<div class="" id="magicdomid5"><span class="">Hello again,</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid6"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid7"><span class="">Today (June 12th) at
13:00 UTC we will publish new installers and package
repositories for our Sailfish OS SDK version Alpha-1406-Qt5.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid8"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid9"><span class="">If you already have an
existing Alpha-Qt5 SDK installed you should see the Updates
Available icon in Qt Creator. If you don't have a previous SDK
installation you can get the latest installer from </span><span
class=" url"><a href="http://www.sailfishos.org">http://www.sailfishos.org</a></span><span
class="">.<br>
<br>
It is recommended to uninstall the old SDK and download a new
installer.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid10"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid11"><span class="">SDK content has been
updated to match Jolla Release 1.0.7.</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">16</span><span
class="">. Please see below for detailed information of the
changed items.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid12"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid13"><span class="">A couple of things
you should be aware of:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid14"><span class="">- As before, in this
update the build engine, emulator and targets are re-installed
so you will lose all changes you may have made in those -
however, if your application packaging is done correctly,
rebuilding your projects should reinstall the packages you have
been using.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid15"><span class="">- All customization
done to SDK (adding new package repositories, adding custom
targets, additional source paths) will be removed during the
installation process so make your own backup of those before
starting the update.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid16"><span class="">- If you import
existing projects made with a previous version of the</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z"> </span><span
class="">Sailfish OS SDK, make sure </span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">to</span><span
class=""> select the correct kit in the project configuration
step. Both ARM and i486 kits are available.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span class="">- Windows users need
to install VC10 runtime from </span><span class=" url"><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8328">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8328</a></span><span
class=""> or the Installer will ask for admin rights during
installation.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid18"><span class="">- Package repository
contents have been updated and consequently using a previous SDK
version with these package repositories is not supported.</span></div>
<span class="">- Supported host platforms can be found from: </span><span
class=" url"><a
href="https://sailfishos.org/alpha_qt5_sdk_release_notes.html">https://sailfishos.org/alpha_qt5_sdk_release_notes.html</a></span>
<div class="" id="magicdomid21">
<div class="" id="magicdomid19"><span class="">- For more
information, please see the SDK Alpha-Qt5 known issues list
at: </span><span class=" url"><a
href="https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SDK_Alpha_Qt5_Known_Issues">https://sailfishos.org/wiki/SDK_Alpha_Qt5_Known_Issues</a></span><span
class="">.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid20"><span class=""><br>
</span></div>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid22"><span class="">Here is the summary
of changes:</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid24"><span class="">SDK IDE (Qt Creator)</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid25"><span class="">- Syntax highlighting
</span><span class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">definitions
</span><span class="">added for spec, yaml, desktop and changes
files.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid26"><span class="">- In Windows,
configuration directory is created under the</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z"> SDK</span><span
class=""> install path (e.g.
C:\SailfishOS\settings\SailfishAlpha4)</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid27"><span class="">- Project path can
have whitespace</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid28"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid30"><span class="">Installer:<br>
</span><span class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">-
Fixed VirtualBox 4.3.12 support in Windows</span><span class=""><br>
- In Windows, SDK install path can no longer have whitespace.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid31"><span class="">- Installer will
request Qt Creator to be closed in case it is running</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z"> and if a
component requires that Qt Creator is restarted.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid32"><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">- SDK
version can be c</span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">hecked</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z"> from the
file </span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">sdk-release in
the install dir (e.g. ~/SailfishOS/</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">sdk-release</span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">)</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid34"><span class=""><br>
SDK Build engine:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid35"><span class="">- Faster rsync deploy
method (skips RPM package check step).</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid36"><span class="">- Deploy the correct
RPM package in case package version has been changed.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid37"><span class="">- i486 target finally
creates i486 packages instead of </span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">i</span><span
class="">586 packages.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid38"><span class="">- Handle </span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">W</span><span
class="">indows </span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">CRLF type </span><span
class="">linefeeds in RPM spec files.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid39"><span class="">- Build targets
refreshed to Jolla release 1.0.</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">7</span><span
class="">.</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">16</span><span
class=""> level.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid40"><span class="">- Better translation
support in libsailfishapp.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid41"><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">-
Deployed packages are installed using sdk-deploy-rpm instead of
pkcon.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid42"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid43"><span class="">SDK Control Center:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid44"><span class="">- Package search in
target view is </span><span
class="author-a-lz68zz68z7lsiez122zcqdpz83zpz78z">now </span><span
class="">case-insensitive.</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid46"><span class="">Emulator:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid47"><span class="">- Emulator packages
refreshed to Jolla release 1.0.7.</span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">16</span><span
class=""> level.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid48"><span class="">- </span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">Closing
the </span><span class="">Emulator </span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">window
offers now only the power off option.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid49"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid50"><span class="">If you have any
questions, </span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">feel free
to</span><span class=""> either send </span><span
class="author-a-kz87z9rxz85zz67zz85zegax5z67zz66zz88z">an </span><span
class="">email to this mailing list: <</span><span class="
url"><a href="http://mailto:devel@lists.sailfishos.org">mailto:devel@lists.sailfishos.org</a></span><span
class="">> or write it up in </span><span class=" url"><a
href="http://together.jolla.com">http://together.jolla.com</a></span><span
class=""> and tag your issue with 'sdk'.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid51"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid52"><span class="">Happy hacking, </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid53"><span class="">Jolla SDK Team.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid54"><br>
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