TOMBOY - next version please...

[doublewitt]

Currently have version 1.0.1 and would like to UPGRADE to version 1.2.0

I have a PPA in the software sources but it doesn't work - maybe there is a new PPA...?

My PPA:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/tomboy-packagers/stable/ubuntu

Can someone kindly help me with this..?!

[gordintoronto]

The version you are looking for was released last week. It normally takes several months for a new version to make it into a new release of Ubuntu.

The new version is available now to people who are basically application developers. In other words, they understand how to compile a program from source code, they keep development libraries up to date, and a whole lot of other stuff which gets in the way if you just want to USE a computer.

One of the things those developers do is put applications into a PPA. Even that might take weeks. It's not a mechanical process.

[doublewitt]

OK - thanks for the explanation.
I guess we'll just have to wait a bit...

[Spalding]

I also am thinking about upgrading from the 1.0.0 that came with my Ubuntu to 1.2.0, but I am apprehensive about screwing with this stuff. I thought Ubuntu was supposed to be easy! I opened the tarball from the Tomboy site, and extracted it using the Archive manager, and it looks like it just put the whole folder in my home directory. I poked around in there a little, and there are INSTALL notes that look like I would have to compile it, and that's where I stopped, since my top priority is to not break the version I have.

I have also been thinking of upgrading to 10.04 LTS - would that contain the new Tomboy? How could I find out?

[sgosnell]

1.2 is in the 10.04 repository. I don't know about 9.10, but you can open Synaptic Package Manager, find Tomboy, and it will show the version you have installed and the latest version available in the repository.

[Spalding]

Thanks, sgosnell. So is 10.04 pretty trouble-free? I have a vintage 2000 PC with only 512 MB RAM and a slow 7 GB disc drive. Yes, I know :)

Will Synaptic do all the work for me if I decide to just upgrade Tomboy on my current Ubuntu?

[sgosnell]

I don't know. As I said, I don't know what version of Tomboy is available in the 9.10 repository. But if your computer runs OK on 9.10, I think it should run at least as well on 10.04. IME it's far more stable and usable than 9.10, which was problematic for me.

[Spalding]

Thanks. 9.10 has not been so great for me either so I guess I'll go ahead and upgrade.