[digiKam-users] compatibility between releases

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

If a remote Mysql database is located on NAS, you must take care about
the database server version used, especially for Windows. Read the
story here :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454676

If Mysql version >= 10.6 is used, you will be facing dysfunctions.

Best

Gilles Caulier







Le mer. 1 juin 2022 à 03:20, Donald Samuels <don at snowedunder.com> a écrit :
>
> Actually I am running MariaDB on the Synology. I have everything stored
> there. Then nightly I back up to another Synology in the same network.
> I just make sure I am not on digikam when my wife is.
>
> The problem I had with the Mac was that its "locale" was different than
> Windows 10.  Interestingly enough, if I looked at the "locale" that the
> Windows Linux Subsytem (Ubuntu) uses it had yet a 3rd "locale".
>
> I will do the upgrade on the Windows 10 machine, install as well on
> Windows 11, and have my wife upgrade her Mac and see if this all works
> together.
>
> On 5/31/2022 1:53 AM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > Le mar. 31 mai 2022 à 03:41, Donald Samuels <don at snowedunder.com> a écrit :
> >> My two windows 10 computers that access digikam where the photos are on
> >> a Synology drive are at 7.2. I just bought a new gaming laptop to better
> >> handle affinity processing, and it is at windows 11. Is release 7.6
> >> compatible with 7.2, or do I need to upgrade the windows 10 computers as
> >> well?
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using the same version on both computers is better, as between 7.2 and
> > 7.6, we fix a lot of bugs.
> >
> > If there are differences between database schema from 7.2 and 7.6, the
> > migration will be processed at startup.
> > We recommend backup database files before migration, just in case.
> >
> > I suppose that database files are not shared in the NAS and stored on
> > computers as well. Only image collections are stored on the NAS. Right
> > ?
> >
> >> If I upgrade, will I also be able to run on a Mac where in the past I
> >> have had US Locale compatibility issues?  My wife prefers the Mac.
> > Do you mean the non availability of GUI translations ? If yes, this
> > problem has been fixed now.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> >
>