I’m aware of Debian’s reputation for not having the most up-to-date software in its repository but have just noticed that Thunderbird is on its current version. Which makes me ask:

When does Debian update a package? And how does it decide when to?

I’m particularly interested in when it will make available the upcoming major release of GIMP to 3.0.

  • ManiacDriver@lemm.ee
    121·
    1 day ago

    Flatpack is one of the official ways to install the RC:

    If you have Flatpack on your system, go to https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/ and click the GNU/Linux option, there will be a button to install it.

    If the button doesn’t work, the page says:

    Flatpak additional instructions

    If the link above doesn’t open your software installer, install with following command:

    flatpak install --user https://flathub.org/beta-repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref

    Run with following command line:

    flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP//beta

    To update:

    flatpak update

    Note: If you installed both the stable and beta repositories, the desktop (menus, etc.) will see only one version at a time. To make sure your desktop sees the development version, run this command:

    flatpak make-current --user org.gimp.GIMP beta

    Or respectively to restore the stable version as the visible GIMP application:

    flatpak make-current --user org.gimp.GIMP stable

    You may also create shortcuts running specifically one of the other version.

    • EugeniaEnglish
      42·
      1 day ago

      I don’t like flatpaks. Some builds don’t support printing, for example. Same for snaps. That’s why I always prefer appimage from these types of binaries, but my favorite always remains the repo versions.