BigBlueButton 2.6.0-rc.4
Pre-release
This release candidate iteration of BigBlueButton 2.6 contains mostly performance improvements and fixes for whiteboard and recording. The full list of changes is below.
BigBlueButton 2.6-dev is under active development. While we don’t recommend setting it up in a production environment, we do encourage administrators to try out the build with others and give us feedback on our bigbluebutton-dev mailing list.
Link to installation command / instructions / planned features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new.html
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:
- fix: NotifyRecordingIsOn should not offer me to leave by @ramonlsouza in #16681
- fix(whiteboard): change cursor when moving shapes by @ramonlsouza in #16699
- fix(perf): Only moderators should hear connection-status for all; otherwise… by @antobinary in #16710
- fix: Notes notification perpetually unread by @danielpetri1 in #16703
- fix: Layout bug with "Smart layout" in Breakout Rooms by @ramonlsouza in #16717
- fix: Sticky notes are giant on portrait view slides by @ramonlsouza in #16721
- fix: dismiss toast on unmount by @zhem0004 in #15999
- fix(perf): reduce whiteboard cursor updates by @ramonlsouza in #16712
- fix(perf): Avoid flood moderators with useless connection status by @gustavotrott in #16722
- fix(perf): reduce groupChat.find calls in group-chat-context by @ramonlsouza in #16742
- fix: Fix "Invalid Date" on Connection Status modal by @GuiLeme in #16727
- fix: warning in raise hand and presentation upload toast by @ramonlsouza in #16735
- fix: Alternatives to some keyboard shortcuts added to the keyboard shortcut list by @Scroody in #16743
- fix: hidePresentation=true prevents uploading/managing presentations within the client by @ramonlsouza in #16726
- refactor: remove unused code in connection-status modal by @ramonlsouza in #16748
test:
- test: raise hand rejected by @gabriellpr in #16637
- test: allow user to choose a breakout room on joining by @gabriellpr in #16612
- test: export-format notes by @gabriellpr in #16707
- test: Fix and update tests by @antonbsa in #16720
- test: fixing custom parameters by @gabriellpr in #16718
- test: remaining custom parameters by @gabriellpr in #16673
style:
- style: Add Focus Ring To Items In Top Tldraw Toolbar by @KDSBrowne in #16715
- style: Remove space on the right of style tool on iPhone by @hiroshisuga in #16702
- style: increase gap between custom input and text area. by @Scroody in #16729
- style: Add icons to presentation menu by @hiroshisuga in #16651
- style: adjust presentation menu buttons by @ramonlsouza in #16692
- style: Text indicating pinned shared notes altered and notification added by @Scroody in #16731
- stye(dark mode): logo colors inversion by @Arthurk12 in #16657
localization:
- Translate '/bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'de' by @transifex-integration in #16739
- Translate '/bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'eu' by @transifex-integration in #16704
- Translate '/bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'ja' by @transifex-integration in #16745
- Translate '/bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'tr' by @transifex-integration in #16747
Core
- fix(bbb-web): Case Insensitive Checksum Validation by @paultrudel in #16674
build and configuration
- feat(bbb-config): Override of cronjob variables by @GuiLeme in #15269
- ci: Set private IP address instead of loopback address by @gustavotrott in #16730
- build(akka-fsesl): Fix permission denied to bbb-fsesl-akka logging by @GuiLeme in #16700
- CI: Include bbb logs and configs as artifacts (when fail) by @gustavotrott in #16750
Recording
- fix(recording): Fix handling deskshare with delayed video by @kepstin in #16696
- fix(recording): video format updates & fixes by @kepstin in #16698
- fix(recording): Enforce minimum length of video segments, etc. #16740
New Contributors
Full Changelog: v2.6.0-rc.3...v2.6.0-rc.4
Release name
In case an administrator does not want to update to the latest focal-260 version. Use as substitute to the -v argument in bbb-install.sh command
focal-260-2.6.0-rc.4
We still recommend using -v focal-260.
