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[David Barth <david.barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*1. Releases*

Upcoming 1.7 security update release, based on an upstream update
1.8 build sent to the phablet-team ppa

*2. Features*

See https://launchpad.net/oxide/+milestone/branch-1.9
- reviewed http-auth, web notifications, quota-permission
- should review the do-not-track branch next, but wait for feedback from
Alex for other branches
- Olivier to finish http-auth branch with Chris, while Ugo is on holidays

*3. Bugs*
None discussed during this meeting

*4. Misc*

The main part of the meeting was about the mediahub integration.

The API proposed by Justin seems to be too generic, in offering a media
player interface that would not provide support for all <media> element
features. By offloading media rendering to mediahub, we loose the ability
for JS programs to interact directly with that element.

At the same time, the API could be scoped down to an "external URL-based
renderer" for media, as observed on other platforms.

On another side, the general codec and performance level of the Oxide
renderer is very solid. Switching webapps and sites to media-hub requires
further testing, that should be done in silo, and at a larger scale than
within this restricted team, before hitting a public release.

Last, one of the reasons for MH integration is to prevent screen-blanking,
as only MH was allowed to prevent screen to blank so far. This is being
reconsidered, as documented by
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1462489