Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <gnu...@cyberdimension.org> --- CHANGELOG.mkdn | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ config/common.mk | 2 +- sign-build | 2 +- 3 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.mkdn b/CHANGELOG.mkdn index bb654f14..b3647b53 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.mkdn +++ b/CHANGELOG.mkdn @@ -1,6 +1,172 @@ Replicant ========= +### Replicant 6.0 0004 RC4 Images + +This new release fixes some very serious freedom and privacy issues: +* We found an issue within the phone application: it was leaking the + phone numbers of both inbound and outbound calls to third parties + as part of a feature called phone lookup providers. More details + are available in the [bug report][2]. + Even if it was not trivial to reproduce and find the bug it’s now + fixed as the feature has been completely disabled with 3 patches + ([3], [4], [5]). +* F-Droid has been removed as many applications shipped in it are + not compliant with the [guidelines][1] for distributions recommended + by the FSF. + It was kept so long because we expected to get it fixed upstream + fast enough, but that didn’t happen for various reasons. + We have setup a [wiki page][6] and a [forum section][7] for more + information about the issue and how to deal with it. +* Several binary firmwares (without source code) related to the back + and home "touch" buttons were found and removed with 4 patches + ([8], [9], [10], [11]). + The firmwares seem to have only been used for factory testing, + so the buttons should still work on the devices that have them. +* The touchscreen firmware for the Galaxy Note 8.0 was also + lacking any corresponding source code (bug [#2194][12]). + That was fixed by removing it ([13]). +* On all the currently supported devices with a modem, when users + set the device in flight mode, the modem is only asked to go in + low power mode. + Because of that the modem is probably still on and its OS is + probably still running. Because of that we fixed the wiki and + added [the scripts to disable (and enable back) the modem][14] + to the new Replicant images. + They work by preventing Replicant to load the modem OS. +* We also got [a report on the mailing list][15] that a nonfree + ambient SDK was added in CyanogenMod and was not removed either + by LineageOS 13 or Replicant 6. So [we removed it as well][16]. + +This release may also fix [several bug(s) which made some SIM cards +not recognizable by Replicant 6.0][17]: we have now merged a fix for +one of the bug ([#1909][18]) but as we don’t know if all the "SIM card +not recognized" bugs are related. +We would highly appreciate if those that opened the original bug report +could confirm if it also fixes their issues as well. + +Several issues still need to be fixed, but we didn’t want to delay +even more this release, as that would prevent users from getting the +fixes mentioned above: +* It’s still not possible to build Replicant 6.0 from a + [distribution that is recommended by the FSF][19] (bug [#1861][20]). +* While removing the firmware of the Galaxy Note 8.0 touscreen driver, + many more firmwares without corresponding source code were found in + the [driver/touchscreen directory][21] in the kernel used by most of + the devices supported by Replicant 6.0. + However they weren’t removed yet. Help is more than welcome to help + with that. +* While investigating if it was possible to upgrade WebView, the Android + builtin web browser component (bug [#1786][22]) we also discovered that, + because Android build system doesn’t use a package manager, finding the + license of each repository wasn’t trivial (bug [#1973][23]). +* More investigations are needed as well to replace WebView with a + free software and up to date implementation (bug [#1786][22]). +* The bug related to a bad sound quality during calls in some circumstances + (bug [#1773][24]) is not fixed yet, but there is a workaround that works + for some use cases. +* The [Let’s Encrypt][25] certificates may stop working in Replicant + 6.0 the first September 2021. So we might need to make a new + release before that to include their root certificate in Replicant + before that. + If a new release doesn’t happen by then many applications that are + using the Android certificates will be affected, but web + browsers like IceCat will continue to work. See the [Standing on + Our Own Two Feet][26] blog post by letsencrypt for more details. + +As the internal WiFi doesn’t work with free software, some new network +related features improving usability were merged : +* RepWiFi has been removed as it’s now possible to use the stock + Android menus to handle the WiFi. + This was done by patching Android to also accept external dongles. + It is less reliable than with RepWiFi because in some cases reboots + are needed for the WiFi to be recognized, and enabling the WiFi most + probably also powers on the Internal WiFi chip as well, increasing + the power consumption. + However it should reduce the probability of applications like + F-Droid being broken in the future, as it’s better integrated in + Android. + In the event that Replicant 6.0 stops being maintained and that + Replicant 11 doesn’t get support for all the Replicant 6.0 devices, + this patch should increase the lifetime of the affected devices. +* Ethernet support has been added but it doesn’t work on all the + devices. +* The USB networking scripts has also been added to the devices. +* Support for some rt2500-usb dongles that don’t need the OS to load a + firmware [has been added to the Galaxy SIII 4G (i9305)][27], which + is an uncompleted device. + It wasn’t added to the other devices to make the release happen a + bit faster. + +Other improvements were also made: +* llvmpipe is now the default OpenGL renderer. On devices with an + Exynos CPU / [System on a chip][28], this allows running many + applications that weren’t working before. + Unfortunately llvmpipe significantly slows down some system + components used in the graphical interface. + This has been catered for by patching Android to use the old + libagl renderer for those system components. +* [Scripts to switch between OpenGL implementations globally][29] + have been added to the image as well. Thus, if you want to revert + back to the old behaviour, just run androidsw.sh in a root + terminal. To switch back to the new behavior you can instead use + llvmpipe.sh. Note that llvmpipe.sh will still keep the old OpenGL + implementation for the system components mentioned above, so there + is little risk in trying the scripts. +* It’s now easier to build Replicant as there is a new script that + wraps part of the building process. + It’s also more convenient as it stores build logs. + The script has been used to build the release, and the build + instructions also use it now. +* It has became easier to modify the installation instructions as + they now apply to all devices, and were split into parts that + are reusable. This way a modification needs to be done only once + and not 10 or 30 times like before. +* [Instructions to backup the modem data partition][30] have been + added. The modem partition can [become corrupted][31] in some + conditions. + As it can be very difficult or impossible to recreate that + partition, and that it’s required for the modem to work, + we strongly advise users to do a backup. + +Many of the improvements and fixes were also made possible thanks to +the work of new contributors. + +References: +----------- +[1]https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html +[2]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1827 +[3]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/vendor_cmsdk/commit/?id=de9e5b00e2a4072d2fd7e89e9abfc512a50d77e3 +[4]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/vendor_cmsdk/commit/?id=2d8ae47d9919f83cdf7244c3eeb34f919d83a33d +[5]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/packages_apps_Dialer/commit/?id=c730399d4854875a76baa24ab653fbc049b8deef +[6]https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/F-DroidAndApplications +[7]https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/boards/40 +[8]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=160424ba716cde87e4ff213972a03388e90bf75e +[9]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=1fe39350b36767cc60ae58c2b2ea5fa29d484be0 +[10]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=0ee78af736ce947d286d21b5fdc2c0212b2f8d38 +[11]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=e40b2fa239e15c3ea8ea9407be704882916bcacc +[12]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/2194 +[13]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=43720e41c7f36873718fc24746277bbf7d24e6f1 +[14]https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ModemDisable +[15]https://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/replicant/2020-November/003138.html +[16]https://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/replicant/2020-November/003178.html +[17]https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/SIMnotRecognized +[18]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1909 +[19]https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html +[20]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1861 +[21]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/tree/drivers/input/touchscreen?h=replicant-6.0 +[22]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1786 +[23]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1973 +[24]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1773 +[25]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Encrypt +[26]https://letsencrypt.org/2020/11/06/own-two-feet.html +[27]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/kernel_samsung_smdk4412/commit/?id=a2ad1c05d8e609e3daf820deebf477c5f93d6f3e +[28]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip +[29]https://git.replicant.us/replicant/vendor_replicant-scripts/tree/display/renderer/device-files +[30]https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BackupTheEFS +[31]https://redmine.replicant.us/issues/1869 +[32]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repair_caf%C3%A9 + ### Replicant 6.0 0003 images Common: diff --git a/config/common.mk b/config/common.mk index a3847459..418aa401 100644 --- a/config/common.mk +++ b/config/common.mk @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ PRODUCT_VERSION_MAJOR = 6 PRODUCT_VERSION_MINOR = 0 PRODUCT_VERSION_MAINTENANCE = 1 -REPLICANT_VERSION := "replicant-6.0" +REPLICANT_VERSION := "replicant-6.0-0004-rc4" PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \ ro.cm.version=$(REPLICANT_VERSION) \ diff --git a/sign-build b/sign-build index 3c5dfd7f..5e61b97c 100755 --- a/sign-build +++ b/sign-build @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ TARGET_DIR=$OUT_DIR/target/product/$DEVICE TARGET_FILES=$TARGET_DIR/obj/PACKAGING/target_files_intermediates/replicant_${DEVICE}-target_files-${BUILD_NUMBER}.zip DIST_OUT_DIR=$OUT_DIR/"dist"/$DEVICE -RELEASE=replicant-6.0 +RELEASE=replicant-6.0-0004-rc4 read_var() { local prompt="$1" -- 2.29.2 _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list Replicant@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant