Re: Gramps backports in Debian and Ubuntu

On 6/4/22 2:22 am, Ross Gammon wrote:
> 
> On 04.04.2022 22.29, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 5/4/22 3:00 am, Ross Gammon wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Just a quick announcement that Ubuntu have re-established the 
>>> backports team, and I am now able to backport Gramps to currently 
>>> supported releases in Ubuntu in addition to Debian.
>>>
>>> Currently I only do the most recent releases, because that is all I 
>>> am able to easily test.
>>>
>>> So if you can be patient for a few days/weeks after the next Gramps 
>>> release, you will get it for free without having to go downloading 
>>> the deb files from the Gramps website.
>>>
>>> You just need to enable backports:
>>>
>>> https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Does this mean that updates for GRAMPS will not work on now 
>> unsupported versions of Ubuntu?
>>
>> I am running UbuntuMATE 16.04 and 20.10, and, somehow, I keep getting 
>> updates for them, for SeaMonkey, which is my preferred web browser 
>> (without javascript).
>>
>> The updates for SeaMonkey, are downloaded and installed, using the 
>> package management; using Software Updater, or apt update and apt 
>> upgrade.
>>
>> Can this not also be done with GRAMPS?
>>
>> If GRAMPS has an external (to Ubuntu) repository, like SeaMonkey has 
>> with ubuntuzilla, that contains .deb files, then I believe that a 
>> similar process to what is done with SeaMonkey, could be accomplished, 
>> with the system having a line for the repository, in the sources.list 
>> file.
>>
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ross
> 
> 
> 

I do not know the names of the versions of Ubuntu - only the version 
numbers.

On my installation of 20.10, Synaptic shows the installed version as 
being 5.1.3-1 .

Is significant difference evident between that version and 5.1.5?

If so, can two different versions of GRAMPS be installed on the same 
operating system, at the same time?

-- 
Bret Busby
Genealogical DNA Research Participant and Campaigner
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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