2014-04-18 After a long weekend away from the computer, it's time for a regular core apps update!
I guess everyone heard by now that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS shipped on 2014-04-17. This included an image of Ubuntu for phones and tablets with our core apps baked in. Last week we pushed a few last minute updates to some apps before the release. The train keeps rolling though and we'll be delivering updates to all the core apps via the app store. We also discovered some issues with core apps running in the Unity 8 preview session in 14.04, and those were fixed by Olli Reis and Nekhelesh Ramananthan, thanks guys! David Planella has setup the "Core Apps Sponsoring" page which we're using to track outstanding merge requests. It refreshes frequently, and has an awful lot of red statuses! There's a lot of them, and some are quite old. We could do with some help keeping this list in order. http://people.canonical.com/~dpm/core-apps-sponsoring/ This week we've also been working with the Continuous Integration team on a new workflow for core apps being delivered to the store fully automatically, after being fully tested on both desktop and devices. We selected Clock and Music as apps to pilot the new process, which should increase velocity of core apps arriving in the store, improve testing turn-around time and reduce human interaction. I am being replaced by a very small shell script* :) * ..and a lot of infrastructure to run it. == Reminders == * We have new designs for the Reminders App and are seeking developers to help implement them. If you're interested in getting into QML development, get in contact with me and I'll get you started. * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1303763 - File: qml/reminders.qml does not exist at any of the standard paths! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304879 - Fail to run build from trunk on desktop == Music == * The Music app devs had another week of UI updates and polish! * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307007 - When last item in queue is removed blurred background doesn't reset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306845 - Blurred background stays pink for the default cover art regardless of what's playing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308042 - Inconsistent horizontal alignment for Music and Album tab cover art labels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300911 - Unity 8 Desktop Preview session can not launch apps wrapped in a shell script https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308048 - On a Nexus 4 it is not immediately obvious that the horizontal listviews can be scrolled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1251630 - playlist is not advanced https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300166 - Playing tracks in shuffle doesn't show right track https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307030 - Music app header is bland in most views == Calendar == * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292076 - Delete confirmation while deleting event. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248125 - No marker in month view that an event is occurring on a day. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289695 - Title for all Core apps should be improved/localized for Desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300911 - Unity 8 Desktop Preview session can not launch apps wrapped in a shell script == Clock == * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1284564 - List of days in alarm view run into time == Weather == * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1298118 - After removing all the users locations, the sheet to add a new location has text that is hard to read https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302728 - extremely slow scrolling between days on manta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300911 - Unity 8 Desktop Preview session can not launch apps wrapped in a shell script == Terminal == * Terminal got a little Easter Egg for the holidays http://gould.cx/ted/blog/HUD_for_the_command_line == RSS Reader == * We had a problem with the Shorts Autopilot tests not working on device which Nicholas Skaggs nailed down to a timing issue which is now fixed. Thanks Nick! * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308277 - Shorts fails Autopilot tests on mako image #297 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300911 - Unity 8 Desktop Preview session can not launch apps wrapped in a shell script == File Manager == * File manager has a C++ plugin which was previously a separate component, but David has attempted to merge the plugin into the == Sudoku App == * Bug fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306821 - Updates in click store Update Manager are in lower case https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307737 - New Game doesn't work at first launch of the app https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307721 - Start blocks label almost invisible with Simple theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300911 - Unity 8 Desktop Preview session can not launch apps wrapped in a shell script -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 [email protected] http://ubuntu.com/ -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
