On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Sebastian Kraft <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Alexander, > >> I know that someone should not ask for ETA but as the last release of >> lensfun is now more than a year old I'm brave enough to do so. Is a new >> release planned anytime? As many programs rely on the stable releases of >> lensfun (e.g. darktable) their lens databases don't get updated till a >> new version is released. > > The Lensfun API in the master branch is currently undergoing some > refactoring and is far away from a new stable release. It would be > possible to create a bugfix release of the release_0.3.x branch. > However, in July it was decided that new lens profiles only go to the > master branch and new lens profiles are new features which should not go > to a bugfix release. > > I think this is a good occasion to start a discussion how we can keep > the database in a long-term development branch and a stable release > branch synchronized. There are a few possibilities:
> 1) Application developers take the latest stable release and bundle it > with the backported database from master which can be downloaded here: > http://lensfun.sourceforge.net/db/version_1.tar.bz2 So each app that uses lensfun should bundle it? JFYI distributions really don't like such bundling, *especially* fedora... > 2) The lensfun team "squash merges" the backported database into the the > release branch before a bugfix release. This will create an ugly history > of database commits in the release branch but will keep the data bundled > within an official release. Doesn't that contradict the reasoning for NOT updating lens db for non-master? (copied) > However, in July it was decided that new lens profiles only go to the > master branch and new lens profiles are new features which should not go > to a bugfix release. > How do you and the others think about that? I'm sorry, i'm probably missing something obvious here, but wasn't that already fixed by adding lensfun-update-data tool? > Sebastian Roman. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi > _______________________________________________ > Lensfun-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Lensfun-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users
