What needs to be done to get packages updated?

[kwoot]

Hi,

oneline intro: using TW since 2020-07-02 09:24:37.

As an Ubuntu user I have some options to use TW. The repo package at 2.6.2, or (the horror) a snap package where I have multiple options:

$ snap search taskwarrior
Name Version Publisher Notes Summary
taskwarrior-tui 0+git.319de81 kdheepak - A terminal user interface for taskwarrior
taskwarrior-plars 2.5.1-1 pwlars - feature-rich console based todo list manager
simpoir-taskwarrior3 3.4.1 simpoir - Command line task list management

At the same time, progress in the package department seemd to be, er... focussed on very, very stable :-).

Getting a bit desparate I compiled 3.4.1 from source, placed it in /usr/local/bin and installed the new on-prem sync server (that compiled flawlessly on Risc-V btw).

Coming April there will be a new Ubuntu LTS release. I think it would be nice if V3 was available as a package.

Maybe I'm impatient and the migration to V3 is already scheduled for somewhere in the distant future, but I was just wondering what needs to be done to get the distribution packages updated? Or maybe define a project for package building, maybe including CI/CD actions for autobuild packages?

Really interested in replies (and how I can chip in if needed).

[djmitche]

Thanks! The TUI snap is a different (but related) project. The -plars one looks even more out-of-date. But if you're willing to trust simpoir, the third seems like the right thing.

Regarding getting an update into Ubuntu, there's some discussion in #3769. Basically, it's not in our control, but any help you can provide in convincing Ubuntu maintainers to update would be appreciated!

[djmitche]

(appreciated by me as well -- I use Ubuntu, and also compile from source)

[kwoot]

Thanks for the reply! So, maybe trying to get an updated version into Debian, so Ubuntu automatically includes it?

[djmitche]

That seems to be the right course!

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