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<p>Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I'm glad to announce that the new Apertis v2022pre preview release
is now available!<br>
<br>
Apertis v2022pre is the preview release of the Apertis v2022
stable release flow that<br>
will lead to the LTS Apertis v2022.0 release in March 2022.<br>
<br>
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support
periods,<br>
see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/">https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/</a><br>
<br>
You can find the full release notes at<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.apertis.org/release/v2022pre/releasenotes/">https://www.apertis.org/release/v2022pre/releasenotes/</a><br>
<br>
This release ships the linux 5.15 LTS kernel and is the third one
to be<br>
based on Bullseye.<br>
<br>
Some highlights for this release:<br>
<br>
* Updates from Debian Bullseye<br>
This release is the third one based on Debian Bullseye,
bringing plenty of<br>
upstream updates and features compared to the Buster baseline.<br>
<br>
* The reference Flatpak Runtime for Apertis<br>
Apertis has refined and polished its Flatpak runtime to provide
a reference [1]<br>
that application authors can use to distribute their
Apertis-based applications<br>
<br>
* Apply and enforce Ed25519 signatures for Apertis Flatpak
packages and runtimes<br>
Apertis has now extended the support of Ed25519 signatures to
Flatpak which<br>
adds a modern signature mechanism that is compliant with the<br>
Apertis Licensing Expectations [2].<br>
<br>
* Audio policy to mute song app when switching to video app<br>
Improvements in Wireplumber now allows system integrator and
developer to support<br>
additional use cases, such as mute audio from a song
application when switching to<br>
a video application.<br>
<br>
* Improves license compliance checks<br>
During this release Apertis has extended the license report and
the license<br>
checks started in v2022dev1 to ensure all packages in target
repository complies<br>
with the Apertis Licensing Expectations [2].<br>
<br>
* Improved availability of packaging tools for developer<br>
The scrips and tools used by developers when performing
packaging activities<br>
have been reorganized and are now shipped as part of the SDK,
improving the<br>
development experience.<br>
<br>
* BSH SMM S2 PRO board support<br>
Designed by BSH, the [SystemMaster S2 Pro] is an add-on board
which provides<br>
input and output interfaces to a dedicated carrier board.
Apertis users can now<br>
run a headless system using the `fixedfunction` image, which
includes hardware <br>
support for wifi, bluetooth and audio. Check the [setup notes]
for more info.<br>
<br>
Images already available for download at<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://images.apertis.org/release/v2022pre/v2022pre.0/">https://images.apertis.org/release/v2022pre/v2022pre.0/</a><br>
<br>
Thanks to everyone who contributed!<br>
<br>
Walter<br>
<br>
[1]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.apertis.org/infrastructure/apertis-flatpak-runtime">https://gitlab.apertis.org/infrastructure/apertis-flatpak-runtime</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.apertis.org/policies/license-expectations/">https://www.apertis.org/policies/license-expectations/</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Walter Lozano
Collabora Ltd.</pre>
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