tar.xz file for Windows

[Milind Joshi]

i don't see tar.xz file for the 8.8.0 version. Will it be uploaded? 
Going forward will this download be not a standard feature?

On 28.07.2024 05:41 pm, Milind Joshi wrote:
> Is QT5 deprecated in the 8.5.0 version? I see only the QT6 file?
>
> On 27.07.2024 06:12:12 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> It's safe to use 8.5.0. There are only bugfixes for the moment
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> Le sam. 27 juil. 2024 à 14:37, Milind Joshi <mmjoshi at iitbombay.org> a 
>> écrit :
>>> 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
>>>>>