[digiKam-users] 8.0.0 pre-release bundles...

[Marc Palaus]

Perfect, I'd love to try the unstable versions.

By the way, what should we do if we encounter bug in the 8.x 
pre-releases? Should we report them or wait until a final version has 
been released?

Marc

El 1/11/22 a les 12:09, Gilles Caulier ha escrit:
> Hi all,
>
> I started to publish the 8.0.0 pre-release bundles in files.kde.org.
> It use the same way than stable 7.x (currently 7.9.0).
>
> To be more precise stable 7.x pre-release are here :
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> ...and unstable 8.0.0 pre-release will be stored in "unstable" sub directory.
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/unstable/
>
> The unstable versions are compiled with master code (7.x with
> qt5-maintenance git branch).
>
> The unstable will be also compiled with Qt5, as it misses some piece
> of software not yet ported to Qt6, as Marble for ex. digiKam can be
> compiled with Qt6, but some features will be missing.
>
> The first one to be published will be the Windows version
> cross-compiled with MXE under Linux. MacOS and Linux AppImage will
> come soon.
>
> As the name said, 8.0.0 is unstable and can include important bugs. So
> please do not use yet in production, and manage small test
> collections. On the other hand, 7.9.0 is stable and includes only bug
> fixes, not new features.
>
> Voilà
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier