Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] MuseScore 4

2023-02-17 Thread Dr. Stewart Thompson
Musescore is now only available as an Appimage and isn't as well supported as previously on Linux, it's missing some features from the Windows and MacOS versions. So it can't cause too much trouble to a system but I'm not sure how much help you would get compared to the past as a lot of users I

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] MuseScore 4

2023-02-17 Thread 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,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] MuseScore 4

2023-02-14 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
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,

[ubuntu-studio-devel] MuseScore 4

2023-02-14 Thread Paul DeShaw
Greetings, Are there any plans to put the latest MuseScore version into the repository? Or should I just install it directly from 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.