Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Changelog

[UniSuperBox]

Hi, folks!

What follows is a near-complete list of changes from Ubuntu Touch team members between OTA-14 and OTA-15. It does not include changes to core apps, though. OTA-15 is slated for release on Wednesday, December 16.

Better prose release notes will be available on the UBports Blog, as always.

I compile these manually with a GitHub search, so please let me know if you think of a better way...

I spared you the changes to Jenkins configuration files for many, many components. I also left off the many changes to make our build infrastructure better in general. Those likely aren't interesting to you as a user of Ubuntu Touch but they do make our contributors' lives easier!

["Flohack"]

• Implement RIL quirks for Samsung MSM822x devices: ubports/ofono#8
• Add more hardcoded languages, so system-settings can be translated into more languages: ubports/system-settings#29
• Fix translations for indicator-session (for real this time): ubports/indicator-session#6

[Luca Weiss]

• Fix ubuntu-download-manager tests, fixes ubports/ubuntu-download-manager#3: ubports/ubuntu-download-manager#24

[Joan "Cibersheep"]

• Change system-settings dividers to theme colors from hardcoded colors: ubports/system-settings#233
• Replace morph-browser icon: ubports/morph-browser#343
• Change some styling inside morph-browser to better fit the system: ubports/morph-browser#366
• Make Lomiri notification buttons follow system HIG: ubports/unity8#336
• Make Dialer more usable in landscape mode, fixes ubports/dialer-app#6 and ubports/dialer-app#136: ubports/dialer-app#140

[Mateo Salta]

• Make system-settings language selection fit in with platform design: ubports/system-settings#234

[Kugi Eusebio]

• Make brightness slider in system-settings non-interactive when automatic brightness is enabled, fixes ubports/system-settings#204: ubports/system-settings#237
• Update URL entry, bookmark, history colors to match user-selected theme: ubports/morph-browser#409

[Ratchanan Srirattanamet]

• Add Thai keyboard with no prediction support, fixes ubports/keyboard-component#122: ubports/keyboard-component#130
• Fix triggering calls outside of Telepathy, for example via a Bluetooth headset's "Redial" button: ubports/telephony-service#14
• Fix sending USSD codes on Android9 devices and the PinePhone, fixes ubports/ubuntu-touch#1592: ubports/telepathy-ofono#18
• Fix sending SMS/MMS notifications with an incorrect "received" time: ubports/telepathy-ofono#19

[Chris Clime]

• Remove workarounds for issues inside morph-browser which have been fixed elsewhere: ubports/morph-browser#353
• Add Metager search engine to Morph Browser: ubports/morph-browser#369
• Sort domain permissions by the most-recently accessed domain by default, fixes ubports/morph-browser#383: ubports/morph-browser#384
• Allow JavaScript to access the Ubuntu Touch clipboard, fixes ubports/morph-browser#389: ubports/morph-browser#390

[Dalton Durst]

• Make any future API break of 'OffTheRecord' inside of Morph.Web explicit: ubports/morph-browser#376
• Fix flaky MenuBar test: ubports/unity8#338
• Fix flaky NarrowView test: ubports/unity8#339
• Fix fetching contacts for missed calls on arm64 devices, fixes ubports/ubuntu-touch#1561: ubports/telephony-service#16
• Fix handling of ALSA UCM files, needed for the PinePhone kernel upgrade: ubports/pulseaudio-packaging#6

[Daniel Kutka]

• Implement a new swipe-to-close interface in morph-browser while also fixing tab previews, fixes ubports/morph-browser#119 and ubports/morph-browser#325: ubports/morph-browser#382

[Michele "mymike00"]

• Add an icon to the "Brightness" menu item in System Settings -> Battery: ubports/system-settings#257
• Use the system's DatePicker instead of creating our own in system-settings: ubports/system-settings#259
• Use theme's color to dim Dialog backgrounds: ubports/ubuntu-ui-toolkit#99

[Lionel Duboeuf and "jEzEk"]

• Show an error when an MMS arrives but it was not downloaded properly: ubports/nuntium#3, ubports/telephony-service#13, ubports/messaging-app#248, ubports/nuntium#4, ubports/nuntium#5, ubports/nuntium#6, ubports/nuntium#7.

[Lionel Duboeuf]

• Ensure Dialer's call backend is ready before trying to display a live call, fixing crashes, fixes ubports/ubuntu-touch#195: ubports/dialer-app#134
• Fix showing user avatars when messages are opened from notifications, fixes ubports/messaging-app#246: ubports/messaging-app#247
• Fix hidden header of call info screen which allows calling or messaging the listed caller, fixes ubports/dialer-app#78: ubports/dialer-app#141

[Rodney "Dobey"]

• Fix typo in libertine-container-manager, fixes ubports/libertine#89: ubports/libertine#97
• Simplify lookup of icons for click packages: ubports/system-settings#267