<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 4:03 AM Chris Green <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Why is it that some programs manage to keep the major repositories<br>
reasonably up to date and others don't?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Because some programs have volunteer contributors that run a certain distro and commit their time to keep the program updated for that distro - and others don't. I'm very happy on Fedora with the way digikam keeps up2date. </div><div><br></div><div>If for your distro digikam is outdated, you could of course always download the source, compile it and possibly even look into creating a native package and submitting it for the community of your chosen distro. At the end this is what Linux is all about; it's not a commercial undertaking but a community effort which gets better the more volunteer contributors there are. If you expect perfect spoon-feeding, then maybe a commercial platform is the better solution for your needs?</div><div><br></div><div>Oh, and, thank you very much digikam developer team for all your massive efforts in development and also quick & continuous support here on the list! Highly appreciated since many years :)</div></div></div>