[RC] OpenELEC 5.0 RC 3 released
The OpenELEC team is proud to announce its 3rd Release Candidate of OpenELEC 5.0.
Internally this will be known by the less-catchy name OpenELEC 4.97.3.
The OpenELEC 4.97 release series are test releases (release candidates) for OpenELEC-5.0.
OpenELEC-5.0 will be the next stable release, which is a feature release and the successor of OpenELEC-4.2.
The headline change is the big switch from XBMC to Kodi branding. Both project teams have conducted a major find/replace but if you spot residual mentions of XBMC anywhere please let us know. The name change affects more than the GUI; all references in code have been changed and in the OpenELEC filesystem /storage/.xbmc will be recreated as a symlink to /storage/.kodi to ensure hardcoded paths in addons or scripts continue to work. For information on Kodi 14 you can find on http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-beta-1-springs-forward/ .
Due to the potential for typo-bugs and breakage from Kodi renaming YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO MAKE A FULL BACKUP before performing a manual update and perform a “Reset System Settings to defaults (Soft Reset)” after the update.
Other notable “under the hood” changes include a version bump from v3.16 to v3.17 Linux kernel, and a switch from OpenSSL to LibreSSL following the heartbleed disclosure. TheLibreSSL package includes better licensing and allows OpenELEC to be simplified by removing support for other cryptographic libraries such as GnuTLS.
Updated core Components (summary) since OpenELEC 4.97.2
- update to bcm2835-bootloader-2f9828c
- update to bcm2835-driver-2f9828c
- update to OpenELEC-settings-0.5.7
- update to kodi-14-8fb5660
- update to vdpauinfo-0.9
- update to boost-1_57_0
- update to libvdpau-0.9
- update to xorg-server-1.16.3
- update to ethtool-3.18
- update to rpcbind-0.2.2
- update to dbus-1.8.12
- update to dosfstools-3.0.27
- update to linux-3.17.7
- update to kodi-pvr-addons-9f63d1b
- update to arm-mem-2e6f275
- update to connman-1.27
- projects/RPi/patches/linux: update RPi support patch
- projects/RPi/patches/kodi: update RPi support patch
- IMX: Disable deinterlace by default (user can enable it manually)
- imx6: fixup reboot
- busybox: Increase the limit for the number of lines in less.
- util-linux: specify more configure options, build with losetup and libsmartcol support
- kodi: add patch to disable unsupported powerfunctions for iMX6 builds
- projects/*/linux: build RTSX USB and PCIe cardreader drivers statically
- init: warn on obvious KERNEL/SYSTEM mismatch
- Build BCM2708 watchdog driver as module for RPi
- linux: Port fixes for gpu hang to 3.17
- projects/imx6/options: dont setup firmwares twice, readd BT firmwares, this fixes non working BT on cubox-i & co.
For a full changelog on what's new, follow the link below:
https://github.com/OpenELEC/Op…v/compare/4.97.2...4.97.3
this build is from 21-12-2014
