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
