tar.xz file for Windows

[Milind Joshi]

Thanks. Will that file be uploaded for 8.4.0 or I need to try out the 
8.5.0 version? I would rather stick to the stable version.

On 27.07.2024 05:59:13 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No nothing has changed... The XV binaries archive for Windows verison
> 8.4.0 are just missing in the download area. It's probably a miss
> while publishing.
>
> The 8.5.0 pre release which are automatized contains the XV archives here :
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:09, Milind Joshi <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org> a écrit :
>> Till version 8.3.0 there used to be a file in the format
>> 8.x.y-Win64.tar.xz which I could download and use it as a portable
>> version by extracting it to a folder and executing the digikam.exe file.
>> This is also mentioned in the Windows download page.
>>
>> Quote
>>
>> We provide also a portable archive file (tar.xz), just decompress the
>> content somewhere convenient, then double-click on the digiKam icon in
>> the folder. This will not impact an installed version of digiKam, though
>> it will share your settings with your regular installed version.
>>
>> Unquote
>>
>> However, the file 8.4.0-Win64.tar.xz is much smaller and does not have
>> the digikam.exe file. Has something changed? Where can I find this file?
>>
>> mj
>>