[Digikam-users] How does one use digikam source for casual testing?

[Lawrence Plug]

Hi Paul,

I'm using the latest beta of 0.9.4 and find it very stable. It 
hasn't done anything nasty :-). I kept 0.9.3 which comes in my 
linux distribution's repositories, but never use it now 
that I have 0.9.4. Your mileage may vary of course.

I wouldn't do it without backups (but of course we should have 
those anyway, beta program or not).  I have about 400GB 
of photos managed by digikam, and mainly use unison (very handy 
backup utility) to maintain a local mirror of my image tree on a 
USB hard drive, and also a mirror on my server at work. In 
addition, DVD backups sporadically.

cheers
L



On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:26:53AM -0400, Paul Waldo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have finally gotten digikam to compile from source, but I am hesitating
> before running it.  I would like to check out the bleeding edge features, but I
> certainly don't want an obscure bug walking through my image tree deleting
> every image in sight. :-O  I also want to maintain a stable version for
> day-to-day use.
> 
> So, for those who have their feet in both the stable and beta worlds, how do
> you do it without worrying about bugs permanently removing your priceless
> photos?  Thanks for any tips!
> 
> Paul

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