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== Development Builds ==
== Development Builds ==


Development builds can be downloaded from the [https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee/releases/tag/nightly Automated Builds] release on GitHub.
If you wish to make use of the very latest features and updates, you can use a development build. These can be downloaded from several locations:


How do development builds compare to stable builds? We make new "development" builds almost daily, and every few months we release a new "stable" version, which is nicely packaged with all known important bugs fixed. Any bugs found in the latest stable version will be subsequently fixed in the newer development versions, and these will accumulate until the next stable release several months later, and so on. These development versions are also where we improve existing tools and add new ones, though it takes time to polish them and to make sure they work well out of the box. On the one hand, development versions always have the highest number of bugs fixed, but on the other hand the new tools in these versions may be rough and unpolished and new bugs will appear. If you want to try out new features then get the latest development build - you get to take advantage of all the latest bug fixes and you get to test new tools and report problems and ideas back to us at the cost of discovering new bugs. For general use we recommend the latest stable release which gives you a generally more polished experience.
* The [https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee/releases/tag/nightly official RawTherapee] GitHub repository. ''Note: currently, the Windows builds are not being generated.''
* The [https://keybase.pub/gaaned92/RTW64NightlyBuilds/ unofficial builds] by André Gauthier.
* The [https://keybase.pub/kd6kxr/ unofficial macOS builds] by Richard Barber.


How do you read and make sense of the development builds' names? The filename has roughly this structure:
While the development builds can be safely run alongside an installed version of RawTherapee, be aware that edits in a newer version do not generally carry over to older versions. In other words: there is no guaranteed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_compatibility forward compatibility], but we aim for complete backward compatibility.
 
There are several benefits from using a development build. It contains all the latest bug fixes and usually has better support for the latest camera's. You can also test out newly introduced features before they are officially released. Feel free to comment on these and suggest changes on our [https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee GitHub issue tracker] or [https://discuss.pixls.us support forum]. Be aware that backward compatibility between subsequent development builds is not guaranteed and the look and function of tools may change before a next release. If stability is key for you, we recommend that you use the [http://www.rawtherapee.com/downloads/ latest release].
 
The filenames for the development builds roughly follow this structure:


<code>RawTherapee_branch_tag_commit_date.extension</code>
<code>RawTherapee_branch_tag_commit_date.extension</code>
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* Code changes happen several times a day, and each code change is referenced by a unique hash number in the commit - it looks like this: <code>d9ad93c15</code>.
* Code changes happen several times a day, and each code change is referenced by a unique hash number in the commit - it looks like this: <code>d9ad93c15</code>.
* Each commit happens on a "branch". The main branch is called <code>dev</code>. New features are developed on their own branches, and then merged into <code>dev</code> when ready.
* Each commit happens on a "branch". The main branch is called <code>dev</code>. New features are developed on their own branches, and then merged into <code>dev</code> when ready.
* The "tag" is the human-friendly version of the latest release, e.g. <code>5.7</code>.
* The "tag" is the human-friendly version of the latest release, e.g. <code>5.8</code>.

Revision as of 05:11, 17 May 2021

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Stable Releases

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Development Builds

If you wish to make use of the very latest features and updates, you can use a development build. These can be downloaded from several locations:

While the development builds can be safely run alongside an installed version of RawTherapee, be aware that edits in a newer version do not generally carry over to older versions. In other words: there is no guaranteed forward compatibility, but we aim for complete backward compatibility.

There are several benefits from using a development build. It contains all the latest bug fixes and usually has better support for the latest camera's. You can also test out newly introduced features before they are officially released. Feel free to comment on these and suggest changes on our GitHub issue tracker or support forum. Be aware that backward compatibility between subsequent development builds is not guaranteed and the look and function of tools may change before a next release. If stability is key for you, we recommend that you use the latest release.

The filenames for the development builds roughly follow this structure:

RawTherapee_branch_tag_commit_date.extension

  • Code changes happen several times a day, and each code change is referenced by a unique hash number in the commit - it looks like this: d9ad93c15.
  • Each commit happens on a "branch". The main branch is called dev. New features are developed on their own branches, and then merged into dev when ready.
  • The "tag" is the human-friendly version of the latest release, e.g. 5.8.
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