[Kexi] Kexi 2.9.8 released

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Je la 09/10/2015 13:11, Jaroslaw Staniek skribis :
> On 9 October 2015 at 12:59, Swarup <dinbandhu at sprynet.com> wrote:
>> Hi Jaroslaw, You should provide clear instructions how to install 
>> these new releases in Ubuntu. It is the largest Linux distribution, 
>> and therefore the largest potential base of users. But if people 
>> can't upgrade to new releases, you aren't going to attract them to 
>> Kexi. I have use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and am stuck in Kexi 2.8.5 which 
>> has certain very serious bugs. 2.9.8 may provide the solution, but I 
>> can't access it. I've asked for help before on this, and not receive 
>> any clear answers. The sense one gets is that if one's OS is not KDE, 
>> then Kexi admin has no interest in you as a potential user. Upgrading 
>> to new releases should be clear and easy to do, without any fancy 
>> manipulations and unknown pathways. It should be just a simple click 
>> away. In the absence of that, your Kexi user base will not grow-- 
>> certainly not the way it could.
> Hi Swarup, Sending to the list - I can't reply privately. I see what 
> you mean. But resources for distributing the binaries are not at the 
> side of the Kexi project curently. Let's note that the idea of "LTS" 
> does not mean not long-term-support for apps that evolve beyond 
> security patches. LTS just effectively "freezes" access to the 
> updates. https://userbase.kde.org/Calligra/Download should be updated 
> by users of Ubuntu. You can try to force your distributor to ship 
> upgrade or reconsider using LTS. Please always update the page if you 
> care about users of this distro. Shipping binaries in a custom 
> repository ppa is a solution but someone needs to do that every month 
> again and again. And test, sometimes backport. This is Linux' 
> Achilles' heel. I don't know why one can need the LTS with its 
> policies. Linux was about freedom, now it seems that it's clearly more 
> straighforward to downgrade/upgrade Windows and still have access to 
> (fresh Kexi soon). Volunteers are welcome. Please spread the word.

The situation is similar for Musescore https://musescore.org/en and 
there is someone (surveys an automate) who maintains PPAs See 
https://launchpad.net/~mscore-ubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/mscore-nightly Its 
very comfortable for "basic" users of Ubuntu who however don't fear to 
test recent evolutions of their prefered software..

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