v24.12 release notes

Let's put stuff we want to mention in the v24.12 release blog post into this issue.

ETA: 2024-12-23

changed milestone to %v24.12 Release

mentioned in issue pmaports#3318 (closed)

Sxmo 1.17.0 released: https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-announce/%3CD5WUL2U5KU8X.3T11SCVV548EO@anaproy.nl%3E

doas-sudo-shim needs to be explicitly installed: https://postmarketos.org/edge/2024/12/01/APK-conflict-between-sudo-and-doas-sudo-shim/#update-doas-sudo-shim-needs-to-be-explicitly-installed

Community supported msm8953 xiaomis have been replaced with generic device package.

build.postmarketos.org!118 (merged)

What release name should we pick? This just came up in the team meeting, following up here.

Some ideas:

• The name of the wallpaper (voting here: https://fosstodon.org/@postmarketOS/113624366198561582, names: dawning, pond, sward, torqoise)
• The one with ... (our usual naming scheme)
  • The one with Cameras on Androids, but it's Mainline Linux

unfortunately audio on sdm845 isn't very reliable, lots of related issues like pmaports#3320

(I have some ideas how to tackle this better in the future, discussing in the testing chat)

-> new chat for coordination on these issues: postmarketos-audio / audio:postmarketos.org

See https://postmarketos.org/chat

pmaports#3370: Snapshot - Gnome camera (flatpak) permission error (with workaround)

upgrading for devices that now use the generic qcom-msm8953 port:

@barni2000 wrote in testing chat:

Device package can be changed with 3 steps without reinstall

apk add device-qcom-msm8953

apk del device-xiaomi-mido (device-xiaomi-mido-nonfree-firmware) firmware-xiaomi-mido

apk fix

me:

okay, thanks - I'll include this in the release notes! I wonder if it works with the release upgrade script too, I guess ideally somebody would test that, otherwise I'll note that it is not tested and may not work

tldr this is the full guide:

0. Upgrade your lk2nd > 19.0
1. Upgrade your device, kernel >= 6.12 # apk update # apk upgrade -a

if you have broken package try to fix it with # apk fix

2. # apk add device-qcom-msm8953
3. # apk del device-xiaomi-<codename> firmware-xiaomi-<codename>
4. # apk del device-xiaomi-<codename>-nonfree-firmware # (optional) only need if you still have this package installed
5. # apk fix
6. # reboot

pmaports!5911 (merged): pinephone and librem5 moved from main to community

changed the description

mentioned in merge request !348 (merged)

closed with merge request !348 (merged)