are you aware what 'alpha' is standing for in software version naming? alpha, beta, release are typically the stages a new version of a piece of software is going through, alpha is an early testing stage, typically most people running it at all, will be the developers, or people closely in touch with the ongoing development process: features may still move in and out, things that worked one day, may break another one: hence, I guess, the long version name (..alpha-6-g876fdbe61..): there may be one alpha after another in quick succession. (although I'm not familiar with belledonne's specific process: I'm inferring from general knowledge)
I guess there's a bit of an ambiguity with the term 'expected' in this context: yes, in a technical sense, it can be helpful to structure an issue report into 'what I did', 'expected behaviour', 'found behaviour' etc.; no, in a psychological sense, alpha software is expected to contain major bugs like this one. I wouldn't think that alpha versions are what you get when you download straight with the Download button on the page (if so, that would be really a problem), there are probably intermediate clicks like 'see all versions', or you went to the github/gitlab project pages and found the appimages as build artifacts? On January 21, 2026 11:07:52 PM GMT+00:00, David Pirotte via Linphone-users <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, > >I just downloaded this image: > > Linphone6-6.2.0-alpha-6-g876fdbe61-x86_64.AppImage" > >Then closed my 5.2.x session and started the 6.2.0 alpha version. >To my 'great surprise', it did not import anything, not even the >account: > > I was expecting it to import everything, absolutely everything > from the earlier version, the account, contacts, and history, > especially chat history, I mostly use linphone to exchange text > msgs ... though I also sends audio, annexes, and place calls > ofc ... > >Thanks, >David
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