Digikam in new Ubuntu LTS (Re: Debugging or Logging on Linux)

[Gilles Caulier]

Why to include 8.3.0 instead 8?2.0. because of reports fixed with this
release. Look the list in the NEWS file :

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 8 mars 2024 à 16:52, Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil at kjernsmo.net> a écrit :
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> On fredag 8. mars 2024 15:34:18 CET Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > I also recommend trying the 8.3.0 pre-release AppImage. We are near
> > the release, so it's safe to use :
>
> Just wondering: Ubuntu will have an LTS release in April, and the Feature
> Freeze happened on Feb 29, so getting 8.3 in there would require an exception.
> They have their docs on that on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess
>
> For me personally, I tend to take whatever is in the LTS and stick to it for
> my laptop. From reading this list, there seems to be a bunch of things that
> have been fixed in 8.3.0 that has caused problems for users with 8.2.
>
> As per that page, do you think it could be demonstrated "that the benefit of
> new functionality, or the total benefit of a new upstream release which
> includes it, outweighs the risk of regressions and other potential disruption
> of the release process." so that once Debian packages 8.3.0, the community
> should argue for the inclusion of 8.3.0 in the next Ubuntu LTS?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kjetil
>
>