freecad version

[R C]

On 10/27/20 7:44 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 October 2020 15:54:56 R C wrote:
>
>> On 10/27/20 1:37 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
>>> At Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:04:28 -0600 "Ubuntu user technical support,
> not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> does anyone know what version of freecad "comes with"  Ubuntu
>>>> 20.04 ? (I mean the one that gets installed using  apt-get
>>>> install freecad)
>>>>
>>>> (I assume there is no option to install the newest version, I
>>>> believe 0.19 ?)
>>> I'm pretty sure the latest 'official' release of freecad is like
>>> 0.18.4. 0.19.* are all "beta" releases, so they probably are NOT
>>> going to be picked up by distribution packagers.  If you want a
>>> newer version you will have to either build from source yourself or
>>> use the self-contained install executables.   Official development
>>> of freecad is somewhat "stalled". I think there is some sort of
>>> effort to kick start the development process...
>> Oh really that stalled?   that'd be a bummer.
>>
>>
>> I'd rather install a binary, if there isn't a repo to install it
>> from.  I have compiled my own stuff, heck even in the day where it was
>> the only way to run linux/unix.
>>
>> But still ..  nowadays I rather just do a straight forward install.
>>
>>   From what I hear, there is a 0.19 repo
> Yes, and 19 has been converted to an AppImage, probably updated weekly.
> That is where the development is going. AppImage's run anyplace but are
> big and bulky because they are self-contained, which isolates them from
> 99% of the os churn. Its been dead stable here thru 3 updates since I
> discovered the AppImage. Its making my life easier.


Yes I heard about the AppImage distribution. (there are different 
initiatives doing such things,  doesn't RHEL call it containers?)


>> thanks.
>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett