New release?

[gerroon]

Hi

Is it possible to get a new release for this app? The last release was seem to be from 2018.

[saghul]

Indeed, we should make one. We have some certificate shenanigans to figure out though, since we moved companies.

[gerroon]

Hi

JUst checking if there could be any progress w this. It seems to be a better solution based on my interaction with my users.

[saghul]

Sorry no progress to report.

[lrq3000]

I have compiled a build for Windows here if someone else would like to use the latest release (don't worry there is no malware, that would be quite bad for my reputation :-) ): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikPE24KUsLDckkFBYfQbvtis2FutkVjF/view?usp=sharing

[depressiveRobot]

Any progress on this? What are the reasons why there is no new release?

[doobry-systemli]

I agree that a new release would be awesome 👏

Jitsi becomes even more important in Corona times and apparently it's more stable for large conferences with the native clients than with the webclient 😊

[engel75]

I have compiled a build for Windows here if someone else would like to use the latest release (don't worry there is no malware, that would be quite bad for my reputation :-) ): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikPE24KUsLDckkFBYfQbvtis2FutkVjF/view?usp=sharing

I would love to build versions for Centos, Ubuntu and Mac. Is there any detailed tutorial to do so?

[saghul]

Jitsi becomes even more important in Corona times and apparently it's more stable for large conferences with the native clients than with the webclient

That can't be right. The native client is ussing Electron, which is Chrome in disguise, so using the latest Chrome should be equally stable.

[lrq3000]

I have compiled a build for Windows here if someone else would like to use the latest release (don't worry there is no malware, that would be quite bad for my reputation :-) ): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikPE24KUsLDckkFBYfQbvtis2FutkVjF/view?usp=sharing

I would love to build versions for Centos, Ubuntu and Mac. Is there any detailed tutorial to do so?

The instructions are quite simple, they are in the readme under the Development section, but you need to click on the "Show building instructions" to show the details (yes I also missed that at first ;-) ).

That can't be right. The native client is ussing Electron, which is Chrome in disguise, so using the latest Chrome should be equally stable.

There is still one advantage when using the desktop version, in that the process is separated from Chrome, so that if someone (like me!) has a huge number of tabs slowing down all of Chrome, Jitsi-Meet-Electron does not get impacted.

[gerroon]

Desktop version is crucial for elderly people, it simplifies their lifes and I know that from my mom.

[saghul]

There is still one advantage when using the desktop version, in that the process is separated from Chrome, so that if someone (like me!) has a huge number of tabs slowing down all of Chrome, Jitsi-Meet-Electron does not get impacted.

Great point, I hadn't considered that.

[PeeJVee]

I agree that a new release would be awesome 👏

Jitsi becomes even more important in Corona times and apparently it's more stable for large >conferences with the native clients than with the webclient 😊

Agree with that, we have been testing all of the versions, and the app has been clearly the best option so far for Jitsi! Would be great to have a new release of this :)

[demlak]

same here.. but a question about dependencys.. what about a more recent version of electron? (and other dependencies)

edit:
just a note: i was able to build windows client with electron 8.2.0 and it seems to be stable

[PeeJVee]

same here.. but a question about dependencys.. what about a more recent version of electron? (and other dependencies)

edit:
just a note: i was able to build windows client with electron 8.2.0 and it seems to be stable

I was trying to do the same with mac but didn't succeed with new electron version, old stable works. :( Got any hints for me, how did you get it working?

[demlak]

just changed electron version in package.json to 8.2.0
"electron": "7.1.7",
to
"electron": "8.2.0",
but well.. this topic here is for new release by the dev-team.. if you got any compile errors, just open new issue

[gerroon]

Can someone please gives us clear steps of building multi platform versions for thos of us who have no idea about what npm or electron is?

[bogeyman]

Well, I know some organisations that will not accept a chrome installation, but a video conference standalone client will be ok...

[saghul]

We just released 2.0.0 beta, please getve it a shot!

[gerroon]

@saghul
Thanks for the release.
Is it possible to avoid this issue? As of now non admin users cant use this on Debian based systems.

Since this is an appimage, it is not possible fixt permissions, even so one will still need admin rights.

./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage 
[3632806:0407/102544.687552:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(157)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /tmp/.mount_jitsi-ZiYpaV/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Trace/breakpoint trap

[saghul]

Please follow here: #231