AGL Funky Flounder 6.0.0 Release Available

[Jan-Simon Möller <jsmoeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Funky Flounder release to the AGL unified Code Base has been made and is now available on the Flounder branch in git. 
Release notes, information on downloading the source code and binaries can be found at [1].

[1]  https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/agl-distro/release-notes


New Features included in the Funky Flounder release include:

    * UCB updated to use Yocto Project version 2.4 (rocko)
    * Device profiles now available for telematics and instrument cluster
    * Core AGL Service layer can be built stand-alone
    * App Framework improvements
        * API v3 introduced
            * Dynamic API creation
            * Service Binder discovery
        * Improved Monitoring via HTML5 of Service Binders allows multiple
          binders to monitored
    * SDK Improvements
        * XDS support for applications
    * Wide range of hardware board support including Renesas, 
      Qualcomm Technologies, Intel, Texas Instrument, NXP, and Raspberry Pi
    * Apps improvements
        * App Repository available at https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/apps/flounder/ .
        * Home Screen - Removal of icons from the Home Screen and added them to the new App Launcher
        * Updated Reference applications including media player, tuner, navigation, web browser,
          Bluetooth, WiFi, HVAC control, audio mixer and vehicle controls

    * Application Framework Binder APIs added for phone book, navigation, network
    * Audio Management
        * 4a enabled by default
        * High Level Audio API Service Binder available via AGL Advanced Audio Agent
          (AAAA) to simplify app development
        * Audio API updated to include support for zones and multiple streams
        * HAL development simplified to use JSON and scripting
        * Soft mixer added to 4a to emulate smart hardware for mixing and equalization
          for hardware that does not support it. This allows mixing to harmonized across all hardware types.
        * Pulse Audio plug-in available for 4a
    * Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) available for
        * USB Audio DAC (2CH, 8CH, Jabra)
        * Intel Audio
        * Renesas Audio (M3 and M3+Kingfisher)
        * QEMU
        * TI Vayu (see known issues)
        * UNICENS (see known issues)
        * Raspberry Pi 3 (see known issues)
    * Vehicle Messaging and Signaling Improvements
        * Improved performance
        * Dynamic signal creation


 Known Issues in Funky Flounder:
   * Known Audio issues
        * No audio on TI Vayu and Intel Upsquare and Raspberry Pi SPEC-1610
        * No Bluetooth audio for phone calls
        * FiberDyne amp not supported yetSPEC-1758

    * Known Home screen issues
        * SPEC-1717 - No home screen when the SOTA build option is enabled.

    * Other Issues
        * SPEC-1745 - Raspberry Pi 3 B and B+ with full HDMI display will run out of 
                      graphical memory and crash. Workaround is to lower resolution (queued for 6.0.1).
        * SPEC-1766 - Phone App contacts not updating from connected PBAP device



For upcoming patch releases any "must-fix" will be tagged with the "FF-must-fix" label in Jira.
If there is a defect you think should be considered a must fix for an upcoming patch release either
a) Create change on the flounder branch in gerrit. This can either be a flounder specific 
   fix or a fix that was also merged onto master. 
b) Indicate a change is required for Flounder in Jira. Please create a JIRA issue to cherry pick 
   the fix onto the flounder branch and assign it to Jan-Simon Moeller for consideration.




Best regards,
Jan-Simon Möller

AGL Release Manager
jsmoeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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