[Official announcement] Uitukka is just around the corner, hold on! [answered]
asked 2014-09-12 13:43:55 +0300
Hi all,
Now that the Finnish summer heat has cooled down, we’ve been working very hard to finalize and polish our next Sailfish OS software update. We have great new stuff to deliver to you, and we’re almost there. However, we believe we need a few more weeks to ensure good quality especially since this is a major update including Qt 5.2.
Update on 30.9: We are at our 10th release candidate right now (internally) and still see some sharp edges. We need a bit more time to smoothen them out. In addition to stabilizing update 9, we are also testing the fixes to the security vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-1568) and preparing to release them first if need be. Apologies for the long wait.
Best to make sure everything works properly than to rush a release just to meet a date. Thanks for the update, already eagerly anticipated the next update.
spetsnaz ( 2014-09-12 13:52:17 +0300 )editQt 5.2, yippee!! This means official support for QTPositioning API, right?
juiceme ( 2014-09-12 13:57:13 +0300 )editPlease release SDK update before releasing sailfishos update, as you stated dialog ui changes and possible regressions.
Basil ( 2014-09-12 14:00:41 +0300 )editThanks! Glad that there are also UI improvements.
kt ( 2014-09-12 14:10:20 +0300 )editIs there any chance in fixing the WLAN connection dropping bug in the next release? ( https://together.jolla.com/question/47764/bug-jolla-loses-wi-fi-connection-after-a-while/ )
juiceme ( 2014-09-12 14:19:41 +0300 )editNot convinced we have 'a few more weeks' this month ... ;-)
strongm ( 2014-09-12 14:37:23 +0300 )editGood to see that the list of new stuff is short. That must mean that the list of fixed bugs is is very long! Please communicate also that!
Vesa ( 2014-09-12 14:45:11 +0300 )edit@Vesa, sure. The list of bug fixes will be part of the release notes.
bijjal ( 2014-09-12 15:12:27 +0300 )edit@Basil - releasing the SDK before the Sailfish OS update was considered, but I made the decision not to do it.
The two main reasons are 1) it's not convenient to install two separate versions of the SDK at the same time 2) you could only test your apps in the Emulator, since they could not be deployed to the device before the Sailfish OS software update is available.
If the SDK would have well tested support for multiple software versions, we would absolutely release it before the Sailfish OS update, but in its current state it's not feasible.
The SDK will be released hot on the heels of the Sailfish OS update.
kaltsi ( 2014-09-12 15:15:55 +0300 )edit