← Back to team overview

zim-wiki team mailing list archive

Re: Issues with zim release 0.66

 

Should I do something to switch to that version?

thanks
Gergo

$ apt-cache policy zim
zim:
  Installed: 0.66-SNAPSHOT-t201705080613~ubuntu16.04.1
  Candidate: 0.66-SNAPSHOT-t201705080613~ubuntu16.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.66-SNAPSHOT-t201705080613~ubuntu16.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jaap.karssenberg/zim-snapshots/ubuntu
xenial/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jaap.karssenberg/zim-snapshots/ubuntu
xenial/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.65-2 500
        500 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64
Packages
        500 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386
Packages



Mobile:(+36 20)356 9656
"Olyan lángész vagyok, hogy poroltóval kellene járnom!"

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Just updated the PPA with a version "0.67~rc1", so release candidate for
> the next version. This release candidate should fix two critical issues and
> a set of smaller issues, more patches are still in the queue.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaap
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:09 AM Jaap Karssenberg <
> jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Turns out there are at least 2 critical and a number of other issues with
>> the 0.66 release. To repair those a new release is needed soon, so best to
>> consider 0.66 as a release candidate for 0.67 for now. Looking back
>> releases often come in pairs, so I think we need a release strategy with
>> release candidates that are tested by a broader audience going forward.
>>
>> Critical issues:
>> 1. Headers in source pages disappear on editing - fix commited
>> 2. Various segfaults related to external applications
>>   a. opening files or folders in external applications from zim - under
>> investigation
>>   b. when files are changed by an external application not started by zim
>> - to be confirmed ?
>>
>> Root cause of item 2 is not yet understood - see the issue tracker for
>> more notes: https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/7
>>
>> For other fixes committed so far see: https://github.com/jaap-
>> karssenberg/zim-desktop-wiki/commits/master
>>
>> If you find other bugs in 0.66 compared to 0.65 that you want to nominate
>> for the release fix, please open a ticket in the github tracker. Will look
>> at launchpad bugs as well, but let's make a new start with the new tracker
>> for this.
>>
>> Fixes are not yet available in the PPA due to move from bzr to git. Will
>> update the PPAs in the coming week to start building from the git
>> repository.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jaap
>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> Post to     : zim-wiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>

Follow ups

References