[digiKam-users] Nightly builds / docker image?

[Sky Diver]

Thanks Andrey,

I'm aware of the fact that I can compile from source.
I actually started this discussion here in search of alternatives to doing so.

I saw your summary on how to build from source and the amount of work
involved, and that's exactly the stuff I was hoping to see as a docker
image that could be fired up in order to run a build.
I understood from Gilles that a docker image is too
complex/time-consuming to maintain.

Anyway, throughout this thread I learned about the weekly snapshots
and I see that it is more visible now in the website's download page,
so I guess this will be good enough for me right now.

Thank you.

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:15 PM Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can also try compiling digikam yourself.
> I did it on Ubuntu about a month ago: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/compile-latest-digikam-on-ubuntu-18-04/9882
> Instead of the git sources you would need to download the latest stable which is 5.9.0
>
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> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> On Behalf Of Sky Diver
> Sent: December 13, 2018 9:55 AM
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> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] Nightly builds / docker image?
>
> @Simon: Maik fixed a bug I reported a while back and I was interested in seeing it in action.
> That's how I got into the pre-release snapshots, etc.
> I do run the snapshots on my production data, but also do backup in advance.
>
> Having 5.6.0 as the latest official version on Ubuntu, I recently started using the 5.9.0 stable snapshot.
>
> --
>
> Regarding the binaries urls, I'm not sure I understand the diff between unstable and pre-release.
> All pre-releases are considered unstable, so I don't see the point in keeping older unstable pre-release (e.g. 6.0.0-beta2) once a new one gets out of the oven (e.g. 6.0.0-beta3)?
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 4:35 PM Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > For production?! The problem with weekly snapshots is that they are
> > just
> > that: snapshots. This means the exact commit is not specially chosen,
> > so the chance for brokenness is much higher than on actual releases.
> > If you do use them in production, make sure to have a tight backup
> > schedule (and proven that restoring works). As for notification: Setup
> > any weekly reminder and you're set.
> >
> > On 13/12/2018 15:27, Sky Diver wrote:
> > > Thanks Andrey, that would be interesting to explore.
> > >
> > > Simon, I already subscribed to the RSS feed a few days ago, but the
> > > latest message over there is about the Release of 6.0.0-beta2.
> > > Indeed, this is too infrequent IMO.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 3:56 PM Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> That's actually something that could be improved in the download
> > >> section of the website:
> > >> There are stable releases:
> > >> https://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/,
> > >> pre-releases (betas, RCs):
> > >> https://download.kde.org/unstable/digikam/
> > >> and weekly snapshots: https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> > >>
> > >> If you want to be notified about new (pre-)releases you can
> > >> subscribe to the news RSS - there will be some other stuff too on it, but infrequently.
> > >>
> > >> On 13/12/2018 14:36, Sky Diver wrote:
> > >>> Thanks Gilles.
> > >>>
> > >>> I understand what you mean regarding docker - it certainly sounds
> > >>> like a hassle to maintain.
> > >>>
> > >>> I already saw the page you refer to, but I was wondering if
> > >>> there's something more up-to-date (didn't know it's being build on
> > >>> a weekly basis).
> > >>>
> > >>> I find it weird that the same version tag (e.g. 6.0.0-beta3) is
> > >>> being used for different builds.
> > >>> E.g.: The version base of my AppImage is
> > >>> digikam-6.0.0-beta3-20181202T170307 while the latest version is
> > >>> digikam-6.0.0-beta3-20181208T111552.
> > >>> I guess the point is that the beta version is a bugfix accumulator.
> > >>>
> > >>> Is there some sort of "Check for Updates" mechanism (myabe even an
> > >>> RSS
> > >>> feed) that would somehow notify of new beta releases?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:18 AM Gilles Caulier
> > >>> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Le jeu. 13 déc. 2018 à 09:08, SkyDiver <skydivergm at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > >>>>> Hi,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Are there any AppImage nightly builds to help peeping into
> > >>>>> bleeding-edge updates?
> > >>>> There are, the weekly build AppImage here :
> > >>>>
> > >>>> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Alternatively, is there any docker image to run?
> > >>>>> Alternatively, is there any docker image for building from source code?
> > >>>> No docker. AppImage take already a lots of time to maintain.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Gilles Caulier
> > >>
> >
>