Inkscape 1.4.3, an open-source vector graphics editor, arrives with 124 bug and crash fixes, making it one of the largest maintenance releases to date.

Over seven months after its previous 1.4.2 bugfix release, the popular open-source vector graphics editor Inkscape has issued its latest version, 1.4.3, as the third maintenance update to the 1.4 series, which includes roughly 124 bug and crash fixes.

Twenty-four of them fix crashes and freezes, many of which previously prevented users from opening specific files, exporting objects, or working reliably with text, paths, and Live Path Effects.

Several of these crashes affected common operations such as PDF export, text-on-path editing, layer manipulation, and alignment tools.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 days ago

    Quick question, how come they wait over seven months before releasing one hundred and twenty-four fixes? Maybe release a little more often? Or is that not viable for this (type of?) project?

    Despite it all, really impressive work, and happy the project is alive and well!

    • yessikg@fedia.io
      1·
      23 hours ago

      If most are relatively minor issues, then I think it’s sensible to not release until the few major issues were fixed

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Is there a lot of overhead to making a release of this type/size of project? Otherwise I would just release the fixes as they come, maybe one a week/month depending on fix rate. But maybe there’s a cost to making a release, I dunno.