[01:18] <jpleau> Hi. I would like to keep qtcreator up to date on my 18.04 install. I've started backporting some of the deps (mainly qbs so far), but I'm wondering if there are things that could eventually break? Am I better off using upstream's binary installer to have the latest qtcreator at all times?
[01:31] <valorie> jpleau: please file a "please package" bug on QtCreator
[01:32] <valorie> since it isn't KDE software, the kubuntu team doesn't take care of it particular
[01:32] <valorie> but I'm sure one of use can get it upgraded and into the archive -- esp. if Debian has done so
[01:32] <valorie> `ubuntu-bug qtcreator`
[01:33] <valorie> is the easy way
[01:33] <jpleau> I'm guessing this is similar to reportbug on debian? :)
[01:33] <jpleau> I wasn't sure if new versions including new features would have a chance of getting updates in an ubuntu release.. specially an LTS
[01:33] <valorie> be sure to link to docs about the newest release, and if it is in Debian yet
[01:33] <valorie> I assume
[01:34] <valorie> sort of depends on whether or not it has bugfixes or new stuff
[01:34] <valorie> new stuff would only be in backports for the LTS
[01:34] <valorie> and in Cosmic
[01:34] <jpleau> I don't have a reason yet to request an upgrade, I asking more "generally" during the LTS cycle. iirc the clang code model gets a few fixes / new features every then and now
[01:34] <valorie> like I said, bugfixes should always get in
[01:34] <valorie> and backports for new features
[01:35] <valorie> but Cosmic should have the newest if someone notices
[01:35] <valorie> thus the BR
[01:36] <valorie> the Kubuntu team owns kdevelop, but not QtCreator
[01:39] <jpleau> valorie: thanks a lot for the answers, will keep an eye on new releases on my sid install (the debian devs working on qtcreator are usually fast with updates too)
[01:40] <valorie> cool
[01:40] <valorie> if it can be synced that makes everything faster
[01:41] <valorie> jpleau: some of our ubuntu devels are debian devels as well
[01:42] <valorie> so sometimes the packaging comes from "us"
[01:42] <valorie> so that we can all have the new toys
[01:44] <jpleau> valorie: sorry I didn't mean to exclude ubuntu-devs from my sentence, a lot of packages are worked on by devs of both distribution which is nice
[01:45] <valorie> yup
[01:45] <valorie> the more that happens, the better it is IMO
[01:46] <jpleau> I'm myself a DM in debian, the one thing that I think is missing is launchpad/bugs.d.o not always in sync (ie: ubuntu users files bugs on a package I work on, on lauchpad, I may never hear of it). That's another (offtopic) story though :)
[01:50] <valorie> yeah, linking bugs could be much better
 I'll look into a backport.
 Ya know, officially into bionic-backports. ;)
 Sometime within the next week,
[13:01] <lisandro> valorie: in the specific case of qtcreator only tsimonq2 has done some work (IIRC). But of course, help is always appreciated.
[19:07] <valorie> jpleau: ^^^