ANN: libqmi 1.20.0 released

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey,

This is a new major release of libqmi, which will be the base for the new 1.20.x stable series (the new "qmi-1-20" branch in git).

A note for distribution packagers: the new ModemManager 1.8.0 series, not yet released, will depend on this version of libqmi.

Overview of changes in libqmi 1.20
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 * New services:
   ** loc: new "LOC" (location) service, which e.g. allows controlling GPS devices in newer modules that don't implement the PDS service. Just some very basic implementation for now.

 * New request/responses:
   ** nas: new "Attach/Detach" request/response messages.
   ** wds: new "Get Channel Rates" request/response messages.
   ** dms: new 'Swi Get/Set USB Composition' request/response messages.

 * New TLVs supported in existing messages:
   ** nas: new 'Extended LTE Band Preference' TLV in "Set/Get SSP".
   ** dms: new 'Extended LTE Band Capability' TLV in "Get Band Capabilities".

 * libqmi:
   ** New 'QMI_DEVICE_SIGNAL_REMOVED' signal in the QmiDevice object, propagated through the qmi-proxy.
   ** New 'QMI_CLIENT_VALID' property in the QmiClient that allows detecting whether the underlying QmiDevice is usable or not.
   ** Defined additional LTE bands.

 * qmicli:
   ** New '--wds-set-ip-family' command.
   ** New '--wds-get-channel-rates' command.
   ** New '--uim-read-record' command.
   ** New '--dms-swi-get-usb-composition' and '--dms-swi-set-usb-composition' commands.

 * Several other minor improvements and fixes.

The following features which were backported to 1.18.x releases are also present in libqmi 1.20.0:

 * libqmi-glib:
   ** Prefer realpath() to canonicalize_file_name().
   ** Avoid signals sent to the qmi-proxy process.

 * qmi-firmware-update:
   ** Support USB3->USB2 mode changes during upgrade.

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About libqmi:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libqmi

Download here:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libqmi/libqmi-1.20.0.tar.xz

Verify it:
    $ md5sum libqmi-1.20.0.tar.xz 
    797e365521df76b77b067e6317618b41  libqmi-1.20.0.tar.xz

API here:
    http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libqmi/libqmi-glib/1.20.0/

Please report bugs either to:
    libqmi-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

Or to bugzilla:
    https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?product=libqmi

Cheers!

-- 
Aleksander
https://aleksander.es