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[David Barth <david.barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*1. Release Roadmap*

   - 1.16.10 - last stable release update with canvas2d reg. fix & SIGILL
   crasher fix on Y
   - 1.17.6 - next stable release build, uploaded to silo-1919 (!)
   - 1.17 to become stable in about 2 weeks
   - Note: amd64 build issue to to linker running out of memory; turns out
   we're only getting 4G on LP builders now

*2. Features & Bugs*

   - API discussion  / Chris's guidelines
      - Oxide should control rendering / layout / behavior "details" of the
      webview, connected to a system API to update on the fly
      - Apps may want to adapt as well, for example to change the UA or
      force a reload; but that's a different level
      - => better NOT have an API to inform Oxide, from the app, about form
      factor changes
   - Related bugs:
      - https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1610929 - Implement
      Screen::GetShellMode()
      - https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1556142 - Changing scale,
      formFactor or DPI in display configuration causes renderer
      teardown/recreate unnecessarily
      - https://bugs.launchpad.net/oxide/+bug/1545088 -
      - Google search page is scaled on window resize Edit
   - Next step: can probably use the new implementation in qsysteminfo to
   infer the form factor and screen caps needed for that use-case
      - Chris / Santosh will use inside Oxide, eg for switching the
      scrollbar rendering
      - Alex to try in webapp-container as well

*3. Other topics*

   - Oxide in a snappy world (continued)
      - Comparison w/Electron : aimed at different targets - Oxide is a
      Webview and QML API, Brightray is low-level, while Electron is
for wrapping
      sites into desktop apps
      - How can snaps "see" the system Oxide to avoid embedding it by
      default?