bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton v2.3-beta-4

BigBlueButton 2.3-beta-4

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This 2.3-beta-3 release includes multiple bug fixes and stability improvements.

Note - if upgrading from previous 2.3-beta install, edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/bbb-libreoffice-docker.prerm to comment out the line (near the bottom)
docker network remove bbb-libreoffice -> # docker network remove bbb-libreoffice this should help you to uninstall the previous bbb-libreoffice-docker version

The whiteboard now has better support for writing via digital pen/style using a new whiteboard mode. See the screenshot below. Thanks @jonathansch1 and supporters!

Also the Randomly Select User feature is now animated, adding to the selection process. Thanks @hiroshisuga !

Special thanks to contributors @jonathansch1 @steffen-moser @PhMemmel @hiroshisuga @mrkeksi @lonesomewalker @znerol @schrd @basisbit and others for helping with code contributions / comments / testing and proving feedback!

HTML5 client

• Fix unintetionally drawing while using an active pencil #11224
• Fix join webcam breakout room #12003
• Add meetingId to usersContext #12034
• Add bars to chat poll results #12045
• Fancy random viewer selection #11297 #12046
• Publish cursor using reliable userId #12011
• Make audio selection menu scrollable #12037
• Dedicated locales property for shared notes locked text #12038
• Fix phone number display in RTL #12040
• Increase chat min/max width values #12043
• Adds guest policy test specs #12026
• Fix: Allow open private chats with mods if private chats are disabled #12013
• Fix previous messages chat alerts and remove unused code #12010
• Fix duplicated messages #12012
• Scroll on polling panel - mobile #12015
• Extend user's name sorting to use non-ASCII characters #11957
• Fix chat alerts #11992
• Remove returnless function use #11964
• Removing unused imports #12005
• Fix panel resizing for poll, cc and waiting list #11997
• Syncing the length of poll options list with the drag and drop input #11895
• Remove max-width from polling options container #12002
• Fix active poll refresh crash #12000
• Fix private public chat lock interference #11989
• Fix: whiteboard access for multiple presentations #11995
• Fix save and copy messages #11994
• Update eslint to ecma 2020 #11967

SFU

• audio: fixed all users from a bridge dropping on an user error #11893
• bbb-webrtc-sfu was updated to 2.5.0-alpha.5

Core

• Remove spurious FreeSWITCH config from akka-bbb-fsesl #12044
• Optimize default.pdf + favicon #11881
• Export Shared Notes to PDF/DOC/ODT #12008 (Note that we do not enable this by default yet because we still need to do a bit more work on the packaging end)
• Makes bbb-web return error code 403 when uploaded file exceeds limit #12016
• Creates a pubSub error message when Upload max size exceeded #11956

Recording:

• Split the EDL recording marks generation out to a helper function #12028

Packaging / configuration

• Disabled diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled in MongoDB - this was one of the causes for reducing the available write space for MongoDB used by bbb-html5. See #11185 for more info. Possibly there might be more changes in the near future, so we are keeping the issue open.

In /usr/share/meteor/bundle/mongo-ramdisk.conf

(...)
setParameter:
  diagnosticDataCollectionEnabled: false

• note that exporting Shared notes to PDF, ODF or Microsoft Word is still disabled by default. Some more work is needed ot ensure it works well before enabling it in [next] beta
• changes to packaging in bbb-libreoffice-docker to properly clear any old bbb-soffice docker image