[digiKam-users] 7.9.0 release : when ?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

The point about the XKB support with AppImage is now solved :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427906

Now it still the windows size restoration under Windows problem to
solve (if possible):

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460779

Gilles

Le lun. 28 nov. 2022 à 08:11, Gilles Caulier
<caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back to this thread. It still few points to fix before to release 7.9.0.
>
> - The windows restoration between sessions under Windows, which is problematic.
> - The Suse startup of AppImage with XCB support.
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mer. 16 nov. 2022 à 08:04, Gilles Caulier
> <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The whole infrastructure to recompile the bundles 7.x and 8.x (beta)
> > is now ported to Ubuntu 18.04 (used for AppImage and Windows
> > installer). The workflow is to publish at the same time 7.x and 8.x
> > versions.
> >
> > I would like to publish a 7.9.0 official release for the first week of
> > december. For that i need the maximum feedback from AppImage and
> > Windows users to see if nothing is broken with the migration.
> > Especially :
> >
> > - AppImage needs (or not) the preloading of shared libraries at
> > startup. Mostly, we inherit of the legacy rules used with the Mageia7
> > system used to build the bundle. Probably these rules must be
> > simplified or adjusted for Ubuntu 18.04 as the dependencies are not
> > the same at run time with the host system running application. This
> > point need to be checked with all Linux host where the bundle can be
> > used (typically, all redhat and debian based systems for ex).
> >
> > - Windows installer introduced a few simplifications with the NSIS
> > packager included in my pending todo list since a very long time. I
> > removed an extra dll used to deal with the registration database to
> > see if the application is already installed on the system or not, and
> > to decide if it needs to be uninstalled before to process installation
> > of the new version. I don't check the regression of this feature with
> > all Windows versions supported.
> >
> > For next 7.9.0, we have also a set of important bugfixes introduced
> > where we want to see if no regression have been introduced. In other
> > words, please test as you can, all feedback are welcome.
> >
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/qt5-maintenance/NEWS
> >
> > Remember : 7.9.0 can be considered as stable and can be used in production:
> >
> > https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> >
> > 8.0.0 is unstable as not all features have been completely tested and
> > finalized. Use it with test collections/user accounts only.
> >
> > https://files.kde.org/digikam/unstable/
> >
> > Thanks in advance to contribute and support digiKam project
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Gilles Caulier