Progress call: 17:00 UTC
- Remaining issues for release (sunil)
- Merge requests
- Matrix synapse issue: client does not connect
- Monkeysphere installable
- Next release on 6th Feb? (sunil)
- Only bugfixes during soft freeze, until March 12
- March 2nd is the last date for soft releases with important bug fixes
- SIP Server (repro) (Danny)
- Will this app become available in time for the release?
- James: We should disable it so that it doesn't appear in plinth. And if it reappears and becomes available again, we can add it again.
- Enable backports (joseph)
- apt preferences pinning for specific packages
- start with just plinth/freedombox package enabled - file included in package
- new versions of freedombox in backports can add other packages to the pinning
- apt preferences pinning for specific packages
- LIME2 Hardware Kits (Danny)
- rev G2 sample works as expected
- does not have onboard eMMC, unlike rev K
- A20-Olinuino-LIME2 (Rev. G2), Gigabit Ethernet (no eMMC memory)
SD card with FreedomBox loaded onto it
- Power supply
- Metal Box to fit everything including SATA drive
- LAN cable
- Lipo battery UPS to keep board working with no external power for 4-5 hours
- (optional) SATA drive 500GB
(optional) AR9271 WiFi (completely open source drivers)
- Comment: add external storage for the image. SSD
- To keep costs down, using SD cards is the best option. A1 or A2 SD cards are more reliable than older types.
- Olimex manages their own Debian/Armbian-based image. Patches get sent to that image first.
- rev G2 sample works as expected
high-quality SDcards is nowadays labelled A1 or A2: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/954-sd-card-performance/
- Cloud images