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BigBlueButton 2.6.7

15 May 15:34
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This 2.6 iteration contains fixes to the client and a several core improvements.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

fixes:

test:

localization:

  • Translate en.json in tr_TR [Manual Sync] by @transifex-integration[bot] in #17901
  • Translate en.json in de [Manual Sync] by @transifex-integration[bot] in #17898

Core

build and configuration

  • fix(freeswitch): include signalwire PR 1914 as a patch (backport from 2.7) by @prlanzarin in #17789

Recording / recording docs

  • fix(config): check status of other recording formats by @GuiLeme in #16723
  • refactor: clarify information on docs regarding recording by @GuiLeme in #17865

docs

  • docs: Update localization.md to include info about integration with T… by @antobinary in #17848
  • docs: Update location of default.pdf and favicon.ico -- assets/ in #17849
  • docs: Add lockSettingsHideUserList param and fix lockSettingsDisableNotes by @gustavotrott in #17656

Full Changelog: v2.6.6...v2.6.7


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.7.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 608

BigBlueButton 2.6.6

08 May 15:19
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This 2.6 iteration contains fixes to the client and a change to nginx configuration for shared notes. An issue with timeout causing bbb-html5-frontend failure (whiteboard marks not propagating being a symptom) has been addressed. Also Meteor/NodeJS for bbb-html5 has been upgraded to 2.12/14.21.3 and we have switched to using Meteor's Node 14 Extended Support Maintenance


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

fixes:

test:

localization:

  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'uk_UA' by @transifex-integration in #17748
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'eu' by @transifex-integration in #17794
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'sv_SE' by @transifex-integration in #17799
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'ja' by @transifex-integration in #17825

bbb-export-annotations

build and configuration

  • nginx config: Allow overriding the $scheme variable by @kepstin in #17732

docs

Full Changelog: v2.6.5...v2.6.6


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.6.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 594

BigBlueButton 2.6.5

24 Apr 17:18
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This iteration of BigBlueButton 2.6 includes a couple of fixes for the HTML5 client in iPhone/iPads.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

Full Changelog: v2.6.4...v2.6.5


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.5.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 574

BigBlueButton 2.6.4

21 Apr 19:30
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This iteration of BigBlueButton 2.6 includes a couple fixes for the HTML5 client - improvements for the whiteboard on iPads and for selecting/copying text from the client. Another fix for the formatting of the maxUsers field is also included.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

  • fix: Disable Canvas Magnifier On iPad While Using Canvas by @KDSBrowne in #17685

Core

  • fix: Do not format maxUsers in the getMeetings API response by @danimo in #17690

Full Changelog: v2.6.3...v2.6.4


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.4.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 572

BigBlueButton 2.6.3

19 Apr 20:37
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This 2.6 iteration contains mostly fixes to the client. An issue with the dial-in users not appearing in the participants list in 2.6.2 has been fixed.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

fixes:

  • fix: Patch Auto Hidden Tools To Stay Invisible On Page Change by @KDSBrowne in #17667
  • Fix: Presentation un-minimizing when exiting external video or screen sharing. by @ramonlsouza in #17673
  • fix: Prevent Canvas Selection While Using Stylus On iPad by @KDSBrowne in #17678

Core

build and configuration

  • fix (bbb-conf): warning about property 'disabledFeatures' has no value by @gustavotrott in #17672

Full Changelog: v2.6.2...v2.6.3


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.3.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 571

BigBlueButton 2.6.2

18 Apr 21:44
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This 2.6 iteration contains mostly fixes to the client. The whiteboard toolbars can now be hidden so they don't cover slide contents.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

feat:

fixes:

refactors:

  • refactor: Migration of the API to async for Meteor 3.0 by @Scroody in #17388

test:

localization:

  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'hu_HU' by @transifex-integration in #17528 #17476
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17540 #17426 #17462 #17484
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'tr' by @transifex-integration in #17516 #17483 #17646
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'ja' by @transifex-integration in #17482
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'el_GR' by @transifex-integration in #17481 #17663
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'gl' by @transifex-integration in #17480 #17549 #17568
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'ru' by @transifex-integration in #17479 #17544
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'es_ES' by @transifex-integration in #17566 #17478 #17547
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fa_IR' by @transifex-integration in #17477 #17665
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'hy' by @transifex-integration in #17475 #17570
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'es' by @transifex-integration in #17474 #17548 #17567
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'et' by @transifex-integration in #17473 #17575
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'nl' by @transifex-integration in #17572
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'de' by @transifex-integration in #17472 #17565
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'eu' by @transifex-integration in #17471 #17510
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'uk_UA' by @transifex-integration in #17546 #17497
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'pt' by @transifex-integration in #17643

Core

  • refactor: Moves user color picker to akka-apps (instead of meteor-backend) by @gustavotrott in #17495
  • refactor: Stores user-isMobile flag in akka-apps (instead of only in Meteor/Mongo) by @gustavotrott in #17496
  • fix (bbb-web): invalid default value for disabledFeatures when config is missing by @gustavotrott in #17506

Recording

  • recording-and-playback/presentation: Fix hiding tldraw cursors by @kepstin in #17439

build and configuration

docs

  • docs: fix for references for the data sources by @GuiLeme in #17491
  • fix(docs): set Greenlight v3 as default reference for Greenlight by @scouillard in #17386
  • docs: Insert documentation for hidePresentationOnJoin by @GuiLeme in #17418
  • docs: Fix for tables broken r...

BigBlueButton 2.5.16

01 Apr 12:25
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This is a patch release to correct an issue with BBB 2.5.15. The issue #17390 (big thanks to @ravenmanco for reporting) was that there was a problem when building bbb-webrtc-sfu package back when #17013 was fixed and BBB 2.5.15 contained a newly built version of the package, but with the old content.
In this release we have corrected the package build, have tested that the connection to Kurento succeeds, webcams start properly and are recorded properly.


Release name

Passing -v focal-250 to `bbb-install-2.5.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.5 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-250-2.5.16.

We still recommend using -v focal-250 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.5 release.

Client build: 2906

BigBlueButton 2.6.1

31 Mar 19:09
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This 2.6 iteration contains mostly fixes to the client, recording and a couple upgraded dependencies that were flagged for security vulnerabilities - see fix(sec) in Core.

Additionally, we have reduced the maximum size of the canvas, so text in the whiteboard should be much more legible.
The full list of changes is below.


Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊


HTML5 client

fixes:

test:

localization:

  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17342
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17238
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fa_IR' by @transifex-integration in #17298
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'hy' by @transifex-integration in #17241
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17339
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17195

Core

Recording

  • recording: Fix video processing OOM, Broken pipe errors by @kepstin in #17112
  • recording/video: Fix typo in area layout by @kepstin in #17201
  • recording: Increase quality of libx264 intermediate files by @kepstin in #17329
  • recording: Fix video processing incompatibility with Ruby 2.7 by @kepstin in #17379

build

bbb-export-annotations

docs

chores


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.1.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 518

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.6.1

BigBlueButton 2.5.15

31 Mar 20:26
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This BigBlueButton 2.5 release has several backports of fixes from 2.6 (recording and core). Several bbb-web dependencies were upgraded to resolve reported securuty vulnerabilities - see fix(sec) below.

Thanks to the community members who provided feedback to the earlier 2.5 releases!


HTML5 client

localization:

  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17166
  • Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17338

Core

Recording

  • recording: Fix video processing OOM, Broken pipe errors (2.5 backport) by @kepstin in #17116
  • recording: Fix video processing incompatibility with Ruby 2.7 (backport to 2.5) by @kepstin in #17383

build and config

Docs

Full Changelog: v2.5.14...v2.5.15


Release name

Passing -v focal-250 to `bbb-install-2.5.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.5 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-250-2.5.15.

We still recommend using -v focal-250 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.5 release.

Client build: 2906

BigBlueButton 2.6.0

20 Mar 21:17
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This is the official release of BigBlueButton 2.6, the culmination of ~8 months of development, 2842 commits, 4 alpha, 7 beta, and 9 release candidates.

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This is a major release of BigBlueButton and contains multiple new and improved features

  • a fully reimplemented whiteboard built on top of tldraw. See Overview Video of new whitebord,
  • downloading presentations with annotations,
  • exporting of shared notes to the whiteboard,
  • exporting content (shared notes and presentation with annotation) from the breakout rooms to the main room,
  • easier setup for polling,
  • recording in video format,
  • easier management of breakout room users,
  • support for uploading a presentation straight from Nextcloud,
  • live automatic closed captions,
  • improved layout management,
  • improvements to webcam sharing - backgrounds, brightness, pinning,
  • supporting dark theme, and
  • an improved echo test!

You will also notice improved stability and usability as well as some polishing of the user interface! This release runs on Ubuntu 20.04.
Link to the installation command / instructions/ full list of features: https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new-features/

Thanks to our Community

The BigBlueButton project thanks ZKI, the German association of Higher Education IT centers, for its members that have collectively supported the project and improvements in this release. These improvements included scalability and stress testing of the client, selecting different webcam backgrounds, pinning multiple webcams (for accessibility), and testing of the new whiteboard and recording formats. For more details on support from ZKI, see Förderung der BigBlueButton-Community – Bericht 2023.

The BigBlueButton project wishes to thank the French Ministry of Education who has directly supported the development of features in this release, including integration with Nextcloud, new whiteboard, returning content back from breakout rooms, download of slides with whiteboard marks, and recordings as video files. (In French) Le projet BigBlueButton souhaite remercier le ministère français de l'Éducation Nationale, qui a directement contribué au développement de cette version en finançant de nouvelles fonctionnalités, telles que l'intégration de nextcloud, le nouveau tableau blanc, la récupération des travaux depuis les ateliers, le téléchargement de la présentation annotée, et l'enregistrement des sessions en fichier vidéo.

We thank the many translators who helped ensure that BigBlueButton is localized.

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release -
both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊

Full list of changes since BBB 2.5
v2.5.x-release...v2.6.x-release


Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.0.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 489