[Official announcement] Early access to SailfishOS releases [released]
asked 2015-02-03 15:47:03 +0300
Early access has been a very successful program in the Sailfish community since we launched it in 2015. It has helped us find certain bugs with the community's help before releasing each update to the masses, and has also greatly improved how our community impacts our software releasing speed and quality.
With the release of Sailfish 3, we are committed to continue this program.
The early access programme is still very much intended to be used by technically minded users who can handle potential problems.
Details about the early access update in short:
- The early release access is meant primarily for advanced users, and/or developers
- To sign up for the program there is a checkbox in the Jolla accounts profile page
- Sign up is required only once, it's then valid for all later releases
- If you choose to opt out from the early access program just uncheck the box in the account profile page
- After that you will not receive future early access releases. Note that any installed early-access release will not be downgraded
- The only way to downgrade from early access releases is to do a factory reset after removing the sign up check from your account profile
- Early access releases should be considered "stable". Issues found during that period will either be fixed, or added to "known issues" on the release notes
- Signing up for the early access releases will not void warranty
Happy updating!
How can I check for opt-in? There is no checkbox shown in my Jolla Account profile settings...
lupastro ( 2015-02-03 15:55:24 +0300 )editThanks, but GIVE ME THIS CHECKBOX NOW!
coderus ( 2015-02-03 16:01:05 +0300 )edit@coderus, @lupastro: Check your box now :p
eric ( 2015-02-03 16:03:33 +0300 )editit's here now, thanks. will we recceive every RC before release, or only some of them?
coderus ( 2015-02-03 16:04:51 +0300 )edit@coderus as I tried to explain, for now only some reasonably stable RC close to release. We'll evaluate the results after each update, though. This is just a point needed to get started with the whole early access thing.
Aard ( 2015-02-03 16:11:10 +0300 )edit@eric: Thanks!!! Already signed up :-) :-)
lupastro ( 2015-02-03 16:18:46 +0300 )editShould i read between lines and think U11 is round the corner. :-) On a separate note, Jolla made apps should have independent release cycle unless there are any hard dependencies.
anandrkris ( 2015-02-03 16:20:12 +0300 )edit@anandrkris Jolla made apps are set up in a way to allow that. We're currently concentrating our QA resources on speeding up release cycles, though. It's on my todo list for once we're done with that.
Aard ( 2015-02-03 16:27:52 +0300 )edit@Aard - thanks for your quick response... Glad! Whilst I have your attention, it will be nice to see user feedback ack'ed in Harbor store for Jolla apps! I hardly have seen any responses there. You guys are diligent in TJC though :)
anandrkris ( 2015-02-03 16:32:12 +0300 )editCheck box ticked Thanks.
TMavica ( 2015-02-03 16:44:37 +0300 )editSince I have two devices on my account, it would be nice to have granularity of device on having early access on updates. I mean have one device with the early update and other one with regular update.
JvD ( 2015-02-03 16:52:50 +0300 )editJust don't install the RC on the other device?
lispy ( 2015-02-03 17:07:57 +0300 )edit@lispy some tasks are not that simple... you have to resist an update notification ;)
chemist ( 2015-02-03 17:24:39 +0300 )editThanks for this, As I already was in the opt-in updates for conman hotfix and U9 without big problems, I just activated it in my account :)
btw. In terms of early access it would also be a good idea to release the corresponding SDK with the RC-Updates, so developers can fix any problems occuring with their apps before the global rollout :)
seiichiro0185 ( 2015-02-03 17:31:18 +0300 )editGreat! I've signed up, now to wait for the next release!
nthn ( 2015-02-03 17:44:04 +0300 )editSigned up! Keep up the good work!
cor ( 2015-02-03 19:24:40 +0300 )editin what way does this differ from the developer's update option from dev. mode?
teun ( 2015-02-03 22:22:29 +0300 )editReally happy to see this :D
Mariusmssj ( 2015-02-03 23:09:26 +0300 )edit@JvD I have been told to have separate account for each device. Same account may confuse e.g. store / my apps, (this works, but each account needs to have different email address)
kimmoli ( 2015-02-04 00:00:51 +0300 )edit@kimmoli: I hope that is not needed. I don't want to have a second account for my Jolla tablet ;-(
axaq ( 2015-02-04 01:24:17 +0300 )editExcellent idea!!!
Please don't exclude power users from this in the future.
They can be just as invaluable as active devs, if not more.
jalyst ( 2015-02-04 02:30:31 +0300 )edit@JvD it's on our TODO list, but we had to start somewhere with this. This is not a static thing, we check feedback every release cycle, and adjust if necessary
@jalyst we intentionally don't do screening here, it's up to you to judge if you should try it, or not (though if in doubt, better go for "not", please). Even if we manage to establish a full developer program with screening and access to really experimental stuff we'd keep this around for everyone to use
@teun the "developers update" option is designed for receiving access to really experimental stuff where we might need to make sure first that people subscribing can handle it. Also it allows registering/unregistering the device for receiving updates. I'm hoping that we can advance this by learning missing details from the early release program.
Aard ( 2015-02-04 14:51:14 +0300 )edit@JvD: just don't update one :)
sledges ( 2015-02-05 01:01:49 +0300 )editWell,
I think, that this is a brilliant idea. You deliver 3 or 4 opt-in updates, each per month, to fulfill the release schedule, and after 4 or 5 month the normal user gets the official update.
Very impressive.
Bragi ( 2015-02-09 16:08:07 +0300 )editHej, Check Android and its release cycle. I was not able to use my Nexus7 for three months after 5.0 was pushed onto it. A few weeks ago I received a patch that made it a bit more stable, yet still unstable like crap. Ask me if I received any patches or updates ever since. A 250 Euros tablet catching dust, until I really get fed up with it... Just saying. LVPVS out.
LVPVS ( 2015-02-09 16:17:39 +0300 )edit«we're going one step further and making each software update available for opt in approximately one week before releasing it.»
g7 ( 2015-02-09 16:24:32 +0300 )editthis answer is like realy worth 5of my karma points
teun ( 2015-02-09 16:37:34 +0300 )editI smell sarcasm. :/
Paspie ( 2015-02-09 16:42:09 +0300 )editI wouldn't have downvoted a separate rant topic but this answer has no place under a genuine initiative to help developers have early view of the release.
anandrkris ( 2015-02-09 18:28:30 +0300 )edit@Bragi: Seriously....? :-)
inte ( 2015-02-09 20:18:40 +0300 )edit