From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Krita 3 and 4 compatibility issues Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:06:52 +0000 Message-ID: <20180323150652.42yoxpfclsu2l56j@abyayala> References: <20180322174457.GA8888@jasmine.lan> <89acd489-c3c1-0061-cc9d-4d3f763fe941@freenet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47540) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezOHA-0006Ys-2B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:06:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezOH9-0007UF-0e for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:06:40 -0400 Received: from [2a01:4f8:1c0c:7ad0::1] (port=57670 helo=conspiracy.of.n0.is) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezOH8-0007TO-Nz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:06:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <89acd489-c3c1-0061-cc9d-4d3f763fe941@freenet.de> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Thorsten Wilms Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Thorsten Wilms transcribed 1.2K bytes: > On 22.03.2018 18:44, Leo Famulari wrote: > > I updated Krita to 4.0.0, but later I noticed some issues with the > > transition, notably that the Krita 3 and 4 file formats are not totally > > compatible and may not work consistently between versions: > > > Should we do anything about this? > > > In this specific case, you may bet on a very low number of users of Krita > via guix, all of whom are likely to be enthusiastic enough to get such news > right from the source. > > A short note regarding the option to keep both Krita 3 and 4 accessible > would be nice in this and any future similar case. The likelihood of not > working in the same profile, potential configuration clashes, the option to > use different profiles or guix environment, as you mentioned on #guix. I agree, in this case having Krita 3 and 4 available helps. We could default to 4 but keep 3 available for downgrading to it. > In general, though, it points to a need of bringing such messages to users > attention. On first startup of the new application version would be a bit on > the disruptive side and without a unified desktop environment, one has to > wonder how it could be done technically, anyway. > > There should be a clear answer to a user's question of what the last update > brought them, though. > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > -- A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 https://n0.is