<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-08-15 10:00 GMT+02:00 Chris Green <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net" target="_blank">cl@isbd.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">HaJo Schatz <<a href="mailto:hajo@hajo.net">hajo@hajo.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 4:03 AM Chris Green <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > Why is it that some programs manage to keep the major repositories<br>
> > reasonably up to date and others don't?<br>
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> Because some programs have volunteer contributors that run a certain distro<br>
> and commit their time to keep the program updated for that distro - and<br>
> others don't. I'm very happy on Fedora with the way digikam keeps up2date.<br>
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> If for your distro digikam is outdated, you could of course always download<br>
> the source, compile it and possibly even look into creating a native<br>
> package and submitting it for the community of your chosen distro. At the<br>
> end this is what Linux is all about; it's not a commercial undertaking but<br>
> a community effort which gets better the more volunteer contributors there<br>
> are. If you expect perfect spoon-feeding, then maybe a commercial platform<br>
> is the better solution for your needs?<br>
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</span>The issue is more subtle than that. :-)<br>
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I agree wholly with your sentiments above and there are places where I<br>
do contribute, however Digikam is a bit out of my 'spectrum' being KDE<br>
based (among other things).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do you mean 'out of your spectrum' because digiKam is based on KDE ?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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The thing I find surprising is that some (and it's not just Digikam)<br>
software seems to get *very* left behind whereas others don't.<br>
Another case in point is Arduino which is *years* behind on Ubuntu.<br>
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There are issues with the Ubuntu release cycle which freezes software<br>
versions within a particular release, e.g. once Digikam 4.12 was in<br>
Ubuntu 16.04 then that's it for the whole life of Ubuntu 16.04. For<br>
this reason I use PPAs for some software which is useful/important for<br>
me to keep up to date. E.g. I use the syncthing PPA to keep my<br>
various (not always the same version of [x]ubuntu) systems in step<br>
which is important for software like syncthing.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ubuntu is a error. the default desktop try to re-invent the wheel. This is why it's have been abandoned and Gnome is back at home.</div><div><br></div><div>As i already said in this room before, i tried all main Linux box available, at home and in my office. Ubuntu is the most weird Linux system that i see. I crash the system very quickly (where other box work as expected). I see my students in my office crying about the system because it's weird designed. This is why i always refused to support this (and i think i'm not alone in Open Source).</div><div><br></div><div>It's not a critic about Debian. It's about Ubuntu desktop and the rest around.</div><div><br></div><div>Gilles Caulier</div></div></div></div>