A 5.1.6 Release

[Sharaf Zaman]

Hi,

Yes, the idea seems sound.

> * Should we backport other fixes from master, or should we explicitly and intentionally not do this? (I tend to the latter…)

No, since master and krita/5.1 have diverged quite a bit now, I don’t think it
will be easy or safe to do so now :|

Halla Rempt <halla at valdyas.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I wanted to discuss this at yesterday’s meeting, but I was having a bad day…
>
> We have several important fixes for PSD files in 5.1.6. However, we also have updated deps that are scary. I still think we should release a 5.1.6, though.
>
> I’m proposing the following:
>
> * We release a 5.1.6
> * We don’t autoupdate or put this in any stores
> * We announce as “This is 5.1.6. If you have these specific problems with
> photoshop files, you can try whether this solves it for you. Be aware that you
> might run into new problems. If possible, use a portable version of Krita. If
> you do not experience these problems, don’t use 5.1.6.”
>
> Note:
>
> It should be fine if Linux distributions pick this up, because they already use unpatched updated dependencies anyway.
>
> Question:
>
> * Should we backport other fixes from master, or should we explicitly and intentionally not do this? (I tend to the latter…)
>
> Comments?
>
> Halla