I recently converted from long-time lurker to subscribed forum member, so: hello everyone!
I’ve been using darktable since about version 2.7. Lately I was wondering if I might switch from version 4.4.2 to the current development version, in order to have access to the latest and greatest improvements. As I understand it, the development version is not downwards compatible when it comes to DB schema and XMP sidecars. In other words, reverting back to stable (or sometimes even to a previous commit?) in case of problems would be a pain. Is this correct? Are any of you using the development version exclusively? I would be glad if you would share your experiences: Are you using nightlies or the latest master branch? How often do you upgrade? Is it stable enough for you? Is it worth it for you?
FWIW I’m on Linux (mint) and I’m using the OBS snapshots.
I have been using the master branch for a few years as I recall. I haven’t had any problems that I can remember.
Welcome to the forum!
I used to do this, on windows, mostly using weekly builds provided my @wpferguson (thanks) back around the dt 4.1 era I think, and did occasionally have an issue. I was mostly able to keep going though by reverting back a build or two, until whatever issue was sorted, then I could get up to date again. Worked fine.
I’m not doing that now though, because although I’d like to provide user testing I’m finding myself a bit short on time to keep track of releases and any issues, and for me the photography comes first…
I do occasionally install a recent build though, to try a new feature or whatever, but run it with -configdir, -tempdir and cachedir to keep everything separate from my main system
Since stable version was released with bug in color management, even tho bugfix was already available. I don’t see point to use “stable version” since then.
