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Sailfish SDK 3.1 (Early Access)

Release notes - 30.04.2020

Today (April 30, 2020) at 10:00 UTC we published new installers new installers and repositories of the Sailfish SDK to Early Access users. This SDK release is called 3.1.

Most notable changes included in this release:

• GCC 8.3.0
  • The Sailfish OS 3.3.0 build targets use GCC 8.3.0, which brings support for C++17 and many other improvements
• Clang Code Model
  • The SDK IDE (Qt Creator) now uses Clang Code Model for coding assistance
• Docker-based build engine (Linux and Windows)
  • Please read the FAQ first [https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Application_SDK_FAQ#Docker]
• Remote debugging with sfdk, the CLI frontend to Sailfish SDK
• Online installation is the default option now
  • Offline installers allow installation with VirtualBox-based build engine, latest build targets and latest emulator on hosts with limited network access
• End of 32-bit Linux support

Contributions from Aurora SDK:

Several of the key improvements in this release were developed in collaboration with Open Mobile Platform for Aurora SDK. Here are some of the key features contributed by Open Mobile Platform to the Sailfish SDK:

• GCC 8.3.0
• SDK IDE: Clang Code Model, performance improved
• SFDK: remote debugging, deployment improvements, undeploying packages, bugs fixed
• Qt Linguist: bugs fixed
• Emulator: bugs fixed
• Build Engine: Docker support (Linux and Windows), improved compilation speed, improved reporting, bugs fixed

We would like to thank the people who have reported bugs via together.jolla.com.

Release Content

The latest Emulator and Build Targets match the Sailfish OS release 3.3.0.16 (Rokua)

Sailfish SDK 3.1

SDK IDE (Qt Creator)

• Clang code model
• Bugs fixed:
  • SDK on Windows: build/run taking a lot longer than it used to
  • Qt Creator on newer Windows: No winrtrunner.exe found
  • Updating to the latest SDK (3.0.7) the numeric pad and much others keys don't work anymore in Qt Creator
  • SDK 3.0: Issue with rsync when deploying to device
  • When changing the device Name in Emulator Modes, the cursor moves to the end of the line
  • Sailfish IDE crashes when adding new kit
  • Inaccessible virtual machines inside available virtual machines list

SDK CLI (sfdk)

• Deployment improvements
• Undeploying packages
• Remote debugging
• Bugs fixed
  • sfdk config search-output-dir option allows setting arbitrary values
  • Inaccessible virtual machines inside available virtual machines list
  • sfdk fails to apply patches when %autosetup -pN is used

Qt Linguist

• Bug fixed:
  • Qt Linguist crashes on file save

Emulator:

• Bugs fixed:
  • Ignored sshd configuration file under SDK VMs

Build Engine:

• Docker-based build engine (Linux and Windows)
• VirtualBox-based build engine settings have been optimized to improve compilation speed
• sdk-assistant has improved error reporting
• Bugs fixed:
  • Packages built with SDK do not correctly record BUILDHOST in their metadata
  • Invalid cpio option used while building an RPM in the SDK build engine
  • Automatically created build engine snapshot is confusing and suggests dangerous use

Build Targets:

• GCC 8.3.0
• Bugs fixed:
  • Apps repository is disabled by default on SDK targets
  • SDK 2.2.3: Could not resolve the prototype "SilicaItem" of "PageHeader"

Installer:

• Online installers
• With Docker-based build engine chosen, VirtualBox becames an optional dependency required by Sailfish OS emulators only
• 32-bit Linux installers and repositories are not distributed anymore
• Bugs fixed:
  • Updating SDK components failed
  • Uninstalling Sailfish SDK shows errors
  • Error message dialogs during SDK installation

If you have any questions, feel free to either send an email to SailfishDevel mailing list: devel at lists.sailfishos.org, write it up here in http://together.jolla.com and tag your issue with 'sdk' or send an e-mail to developer-care at jolla.com.

Happy hacking!

Jolla SDK Team

Sailfish SDK 3.1

Update #1 - 7.5.2020

Hello,

Today (May 7th) at 11:00 UTC the Sailfish SDK 3.1 [Early Access]