Re: Gramps backports in Debian and Ubuntu

Peter Merchant <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.genealogy.gramps.user
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On 05/04/2022 19:28, Peter Merchant wrote:
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>> It depends what you mean by upgrades. I have backported Gramps 5.1.5 to Impish (current release) and Focal (Long Term Support). I have not backported further to Bionic, Xenial or Trusty. This is because I need to prove to Ubuntu that they work before they will release them into the official backport archive. And I don't have the time to test them.
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>> The original released version in Xenial (Gramps 4.2.2) is working fine as far as I know. And you can always stick with 5.1.2 in Focal if you wish.
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>> You can always install a more recent Gramps deb file in an old Ubuntu release (e.g. from the Gramps website). But you will be the tester :-) I can't test all the possible combinations.
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>> The official backports I am talking about have at least been tested to work, and are guaranteed to automatically upgrade without problems if you upgrade your Ubuntu distro (e.g. Focal LTS to the next LTS which will be called Jammy in a few weeks).
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>> Cheers,
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>> Ross
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>> I noticed the other day when I updated my Kubuntu 20.04 that it updated Gramps to 5.1.5.
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> Thanks for your work.
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> Peter M.
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