Maemo 5 SDK Release 5 Available!

Forum Nokia have released a new Maemo 5 SDK update. This release contains many different additions/deletions/updates and features the Qt4.6 library. It also contains package updates required for software designed for  next Maemo product software update coming out soon. Check the Maemo development landing page in Forum Nokia for the SDK download, the release notes and other technical details. You can try your developed apps in PC in your emulator. You can check the maemo.org Development section for an exhaustive list of Maemo 5 developer resources including the community supported runtimes.

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From Forum Nokia Release Notes:

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RELEASE NOTES FOR Maemo 5 SDK Update
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The Maemo 5 Final SDK has its fifth update, which is an early access
to the fourth product software update, being version 10.2010.09-3.
Existing Update 3 or later SDK installations can be upgraded easily
using the apt package management tool found inside scratchbox.
The suggested way to upgrade is first running:
“fakeroot apt-get update” and then “fakeroot apt-get dist-upgrade”

NOTE: This SDK release is an early access to the fifth update and
it contains known bugs which will be fixed in the final update 5
release.

What’s new in this release?
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Details of the content update can be found as follows:

- SDK content updates
(http://repository.maemo.org/stable/fremantle/
maemo5.0_update4_vs_maemo5.0_update5_content_changes.html)

- Tools content updates
(http://repository.maemo.org/stable/fremantle/
maemo5.0_update4_vs_maemo5.0_update5_tools_content_changes.html)

- The updated packages are found in the the final SDK repository
itself.

- SDK GUI installer updates

- Qt version was changed to 4.6.2
assistant, designer, help, qt4-dev-tools and qt3support packages
were removed from the SDK. libqt4-core-translations package is now
called libqt4-translations. Also libqt4-opengl-dev does not exist
anymore, but libqt4-dev provides all the header files now.

- The eventlogger library was upgraded and the eventlogger API is
no longer compatible with the Update 4 or earlier implementation.

- Browser engine updates

This release includes:

- X86 development environment for compiling and running
applications.
- Armel environment for cross compilation only.
- Maemo Scratchbox installer (http://repository.maemo.org/stable/5.0/
maemo-scratchbox-install_5.0.sh).
- Maemo SDK installer (http://repository.maemo.org/stable/
5.0/maemo-sdk-install_5.0.sh).

- Maemo SDK GUI installer (http://repository.maemo.org/stable/
fremantle/maemo-sdk-install-wizard_5.0.py )
- Nokia proprietary binary packages.
- Source code of open source packages (http://repository.maemo.org/
pool/maemo5.0/free).

- Content comparison between 5.0update4 and 5.0update5
(http://repository.maemo.org/stable/fremantle/
maemo5.0_update4_vs_maemo5.0_update5_content_comparison.html)

SDK content
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This SDK contains the headers, libraries, and tools required to
write Maemo 5 applications, which are installed inside the
Scratchbox cross compilation environment. The SDK delivers two
Scratchbox targets for different architectures and purposes:

- X86 : The X86 target is used during the software development phase.
The majority of development work is done inside this target.
- Armel: The armel target is used for cross compiling the software
for the Nokia N900 mobile computer, with Fremantle software.

The SDK consists of the following components:

Hildon application framework subsystem:
- UI framework libraries.
- Hildon Desktop.
- Hildon Home.
- Hildon Status Menu.
- Hildon Application Manager.
- Hildon Input Method Framework.
- Hildon Control Panel.
- Clutter.
- Tracker.
- Matchbox library.
- Games Wrapper library.

Multimedia subsystem:
- PulseAudio.
- libcanberra.
- Speex audio codec library.
- GUPnP.
- GStreamer.
- Media Application Framework.
- FM Transmitter API[*].

Connectivity subsystem:
- BlueZ.
- WLAN library.
- GW OBEX library.
- wireless-tools library.

Real time communications subsystem:
- Glib Telepathy connection manager library.
- Farsight2 library.
- libnice library.
- AddressBook API[*].
- Accounts API[*].
- Event Logger API[*].

System software subsystem:
- HAL library.
- Battery query interface API[*].
- Vibra service API[*].
- Device orientation API[*].

Core subsystem:
- X Window system library.
- Linux Kernel.
- Open GL ES drivers[*].

Application Interfaces:
- Calendar API[*].
- CityInfo API[*].
- Location API[*].
- Time API[*].
- Email Interface API.
- Sharing Plugin API[*].

Full package management, apt support:
- Required tools included.

- Qt 4.6.2

[[*]] are provided by Nokia closed binaries.