Dear Teams The Pinta .deb package in Ubuntu Software is on version 1.6 which was released on Mar 2, 2015.
The current version 2.0.2 was released earlier this year on Jan 14. I wish to use an updated .deb version of Pinta, and I'm writing to understand what kind of contributions do you need from the community to achieve this end goal. I'm ready and willing to contribute if my skills match with that of your requirements. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ian Weisser via Ubuntu Community Hub <nore...@discourse.ubuntu.com> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 at 02:21 Subject: [Ubuntu Community Hub] Who is responsible for updating the Ubuntu .deb packages like Pinta? To: <sro...@gmail.com> ian-weisser November 8 How to determine: 1. Let’s look at the output of plain old apt show pinta: Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian CLI Applications Team <pkg-cli-apps-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org> This tells us that the package gets merged from Debian. Most packages are, but it’s good to confirm that. 2. Let’s take a look at the Debian Package Tracker for Pinta: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pinta Lots of great information there! Debian is using the same version. No new version is in the pipeline, and here’s why: [image: image] <//ubuntucommunity.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/c/8/c8ed934929bb0c00096de8be70a2056ed87f7c31.png> 3. A Pinta snap is available with a much newer version, but I’m going to ignore it because you specified the deb package. The takeaway here is that it’s not an Ubuntu failure of *responsibility*. It’s a lack of Debian volunteers. A lot of volunteer help is needed at Debian to fix the blockers and the bugs and thence to get an upgrade into the pipeline. My advice to everybody led here by a search engine: Pitch in! Contact that Debian maintainer team (Debian CLI Applications Team) and see where your skills can best help. Commit a few evenings to learning how to fix one of the problems. Just a couple hands can get the pipe unclogged and running clear. ------------------------------ Visit Topic to respond. To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. -- Kind regards, Saptarshi Roy
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