14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical has just promoted a new stable Ubuntu Touch, fixing a lot of outstanding problems and pushing even more updates and new features.
The Ubuntu developers don’t seem affected by the Ubuntu Developer Summit that has just started, and they managed to publish a new stable Touch image and a couple of development ones.
It’s been quite a while since the previous stable release, so the new Ubuntu Touch version is very good news, even if the alarm hasn’t been fixed yet.
“We got one image promoted #229, let's celebrate that first! 2 more images were produced and some regressions are tracked. Another issue discussed on the mailing list and on IRC about some click applications not starting is also under work (but current highlights are showing up that the issue isn't due to recent images),” reads the announcement from Ubuntu developer Didier Roche.
The new development images, which haven’t been promoted, brought a new Mir stack, screencasting support, some performance improvements, the location-service code has been rewritten, and the new clock and weather app have received some fixes.
Ubuntu developers have a series of automated and manual tests in place that allow them to scan for problems before releasing a buggy image to the public. It makes the release process a lot faster, which is actually good news for the end user.