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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDiff3 1.8.3 Release Notes
From:       Ben Cooksley <bcooksley () kde ! org>
Date:       2020-07-08 6:45:38
Message-ID: CA+XidOFphSZ4VXCy1H6LtTffpmRb1nuYvAQtDus69FHYrdn_Yw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:49 AM David Hurka <david.hurka@mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> > I see a version is available in the Microsoft Store.  Do you know who
> > published that?
> >
> > https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/kdiff-3-diff-utility/9ndvvx243rfh?activeta
> > b=pivot:overviewtab#
> >
> > Jonathan
>
> Isn't this funny? If I can't figure out who put something in the Store, why
> can I trust that, so should I pay money for that?
>
> Well, Store says it is "Published by: Dev Packager". I'm just a silly
> observer, but it seems to me like Dev Packager takes money for wrapping the
> publicly available installer .exe into the Store. I wouldn't consider that a
> reliable release service. ;)

This is a non-official release.

Official releases on the Windows Store will be done in the name of KDE
e.V. as can be seen on Kate at
https://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/p/kate/9nwmw7bb59hw?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

>
> I think my last sentence above is interesting for your task:
>
> > I'm writing up the app updates for July and want to include kdiff3.
>
> Cheers, David
>
>
>
>

Cheers,
Ben
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