[Digikam-users] Question to users of my PPA with Digikam for Ubuntu.
Mick Sulley
mick at sulley.info
Mon Jun 29 22:29:22 BST 2015
Yes it is the LTS release, based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It is available
with several front ends, Cinnamon (fork of Gnome), KDE and Xfce.
Mick
On 29/06/15 22:11, Philip Johnsson wrote:
> Mick, Is Mint 17 Cinnamon the LTS release? I think LTS might have that
> priority lock to keep it to use sources marked as stable. Again, I'm
> not a specialist on Linux Mint.
>
> /Philip
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info
> <mailto:mick at sulley.info>> wrote:
>
> I run the PPA on Mint 17 Cinnamon and it works fine, I did not
> have to change any priority. I am no expert but if there is
> anything I can test to help you please let me know.
>
> Cheers
> Mick
>
>
> On 29/06/15 19:57, Philip Johnsson wrote:
>> Antonio,
>>
>> Yes you can but that is a Linux Mint problem and not a Ubuntu
>> problem. Linux Mint use Pin-Priority to lock out what it
>> considers unstable or experimental packages sources. This is used
>> in Debian too to hold back packages in stable from installing
>> packages from Debian unstable or experimental. Ubuntu work a bit
>> different with its release cycles. Why Linux Mint do as it does I
>> don't know as it's based on Ubuntu otherwise and I'm not that
>> used to changing Pin-Priority and Launchpad sources are listed as
>> 500.
>>
>> I haven't tried it as I don't have to but try to install digikam
>> with apt-get and the -t unstable parameter; "sudo apt-get -t
>> unstable install digikam". That might work on Linux Mint and
>> works on Debian if you want install some special package from
>> Debian unstable on Debian stable and dependecies. If that doesn't
>> work I think you have to ask in the Linux Mint community how they
>> handled package sources with higher Pin-Priority.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Antonio Trincone
>> <antonio.trincone at gmail.com <mailto:antonio.trincone at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I would take advantage of this topic for a question out of
>> it, related to the issue I am having (and it seems to be
>> general) using your PPA in Mint 17.1 KDE version. It seems
>> that for a priority question (sorry for my non technical
>> words) your PPA is not used instead of repository version
>> which is now 4.0.0. Could it be safe the use of some methods
>> I found online to force the system to use your PPA. Have you
>> any other simpler suggestion? Many thanks in advance for
>> possible asnwer and sorry for the intrusion.
>> Antonio
>>
>> Il giorno lun 29 giu 2015 alle ore 18:46 Philip Johnsson
>> <philip.johnsson at gmail.com
>> <mailto:philip.johnsson at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
>>
>> I just uploaded updated versions of exiv2, lensfun and
>> libraw to at the moment latest tarball releases and
>> rebuild of digikam for them for (*)ubuntu 14.10 (utopic)
>> to my PPA. trusty and vivid get the same kind of updates
>> later tonight. Shouldn't be any problem but feel free to
>> report back to me if there would be any...
>>
>> /Philip
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Gilles Caulier
>> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com
>> <mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Note :Exiv2 update to 0.25 is VERY important due to a
>> huge list of bugfixes, especially about video files
>> support.
>>
>> Exiv2 0.24 is not a TLS version and the problem is
>> the delay between version. 0.24 to 0.25 => 1,5 y
>>
>> I hope to see more Exiv2 releases in the future. 2/3
>> month with bugfixes will be the best. Don't forget
>> that Exiv2 is used everywhere in digiKam. It's a
>> critical dependency.
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2015-06-28 18:54 GMT+02:00 Syv Ritch <syv at sritch.com
>> <mailto:syv at sritch.com>>:
>>
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:27:07 +0200
>> Philip Johnsson <philip.johnsson at gmail.com
>> <mailto:philip.johnsson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > I have question for users of my PPA with Digikam
>> packages for
>> > Ubuntu (I have about 2000 users that download
>> my Digikam packages
>> > for the moment). Would you like the PPA to stay
>> as pure with the
>> > official Ubuntu packages for each Ubuntu
>> release as possible and
>> > mostly update Digikam packages. For stability,
>> security or any
>> > other reason or do you want as updated
>> dependency packages as
>> > possible?
>>
>> 1. Thanks, I really appreciate your time and hard
>> work spent on it.
>> 2. Personally, I have had an 'interruption' in my
>> current use DK
>> because libraw in Ubuntu is so old and doesn't
>> support newer cameras
>> especially the X-Trans from Fuji.
>>
>> I would prefer: "updated dependency packages as
>> possible"
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> http://www.sritch.com
>> The Dogs of Vancouver
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