We will be starting the testing for v0.17 this week
There are some big changes coming in as part of v0.17
Among the fixes being tested are
Refactoring of the code in Apps - Default /e/ App store
MicroG specific fixes
Corrections to the Browser links…some of which lead to Google specific pages
To get a complete list of all fixes coming as part of v0.17 check this link
As you can see there are about 31 fixes in it 18 May There is an issue with the updater app which crashes on checking for new builds. This is delaying the start of testing. We have a fix which will be merged and a test build released for testing team. Post this we plan to start testing v0.17. Hope to get this started in the next two days.
Testing Process Update
We are working on a new mode of testing.
What we are proposing is with a simple change in the settings a user can get test or dev builds
Any one can get access to the test builds without having to sign up
For those who are eager to try this out let me be clear. There are some disadvantages of the test builds which include
the test builds will be unstable
test builds will be frequent
Ideally do not use test builds on your daily use devices
Will share more details once we ensure that the process works.
OTA OS Upgrade Testing :
This we will start from next week or week 21. This week we are using to find some volunteers who will help with the testing. If you have a telegram and a /e/ Gitlab ID and yes a S9 / S9+ do send in your details and join the testing efforts. User Testing starts from 24 May 2021.
This post will get updated during the week as I have more inputs.
Applications that require the entire code base of Google may have a tough time on /e/ as we removed all the ‘calling home’ code. There is even a list of apps that do not work but it is more specific to Microg. There are some changes coming as part of v0.17 which should resolve issues with some of these app crashes.
To be a bit more specific, in my (GS290) settings it says local/internal storage.
However Mail is trying to save on external storage, i.e. SD card. It appears to behave opposite the settings.
We have an issue with some of the devices which do not have dedicated ROM Maintainers. Not have good working custom ROM’s on latest OS is another problem. Soon we will have to take a decision on what to do with some of these devices still stuck on nougat. If we can continue supporting them or a OS upgrade is possible.
Devices stuck on nougat for which the upgrade builds are failing …for these we will definitely have to take a call.No security patches or vendor updates will add to the problems for these devices. We will share the names of the devices we drop in these weekly updates.
