[digiKam-users] compatibility between releases

[Gilles Caulier]

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