[ubuntu-studio-devel] MuseScore 4

[Ross Gammon]

Hi Paul,

Just to be clear. It is possible to package Musescore 4 in Ubuntu 
(without waiting for Debian), and maybe put it in a ppa. But that would 
require somebody with the necessary time and skills to volunteer.

Installing stuff from upstream (from the musecore website) can be risky, 
especially if you are running an older Ubuntu release. There could be 
incompatibilities in the version of libraries that Musescore 4 relies 
on. Will upstream support you in this case? Ubuntu certainly cannot 
support you. If you are desperate to use Musescore 4 (you cannot wait 
for Debian), then I would ask around if anyone has had success using the 
upstream version of Musescore 4 on your version of Ubuntu before doing 
it. Otherwise you may have to uninstall it later and clean up any mess 
yourself.

Regards,

Ross

On 14.02.2023 23.02, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Packages in Ubuntu may not be the latest. Ubuntu aims for stability, 
> so "latest" may not be a good idea. Post-release updates are only 
> considered if they are fixes for security vulnerabilities, high impact 
> bug fixes, or unintrusive bug fixes with substantial benefit.
>
> Furthermore, that package comes unchanged from Debian, which means 
> there isn't an Ubuntu developer that touches it. So, this is really up 
> to if Debian picks it up, but then it will only land in a later 
> release. Additionally, Debian is coming up on their bi-yearly freeze 
> in which they begin their release process for their next version, so 
> there's probably not a whole lot of activity to be happening until 
> later this year once that freeze starts.
>
> All of that to say it's entirely out of our hands at this point on the 
> Ubuntu Studio level as we're not the ones dealing with it; we're just 
> putting it on the .iso image.
>
> I hope you understand and I hope that helps.
>
> --
> Erich Eickmeyer
> Project Leader
> Ubuntu Studio
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14 2023 at 01:05:32 PM -08:00:00, Paul DeShaw 
> <pauldeshaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Are there any plans to put the latest MuseScore version into the 
>> repository? Or should I just install it directly from musescore.org 
>> <http://musescore.org>? I'm running last year's LTS--it's gotten so 
>> slow and glitchy I am reluctant to upgrade--so maybe that's why 
>> Synaptic isn't showing the latest MuseScore.
>>
>> ~PD
>
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