Re: tar.xz file for Windows

Is this stable enough? I download 
digiKam-9.0.0-20260106T182548-Qt6-Win64.tar.xz right?

On 06.01.2026 06:51 pm, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> The tarball is already here for the 9.0.0 pre-release :
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mar. 6 janv. 2026 à 14:05, Milind Joshi <[email protected]> a 
> écrit :
>
>     Thanks for creating the bug report. This file is still not
>     available for
>     download for the 8.8.0 version. Hopefully, gets fixed in the new
>     version
>     so that I can upgrade.
>
>     On 01.12.2025 01:39 am, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>     > See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511588
>     >
>     > Maik
>     >
>     > Am Sonntag, 30. November 2025, 12:40:45 Mitteleuropäische
>     Normalzeit schrieb
>     > 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
>     <[email protected]> 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
>     <[email protected]>
>     >>>>>>
>     >>>>>> 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
>     >
>     >
>     >
>