Posted by LordOfBikes on Sep 07, 2022; 9:36am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/What-is-the-Librecad-Development-Status-tp5721998p5722035.html

Concerning the versions I can clarify.
Ubuntu distributors have their routines how they proof and select software for their distributions.
Depending on their philosophy and responsibility you find various LibreCAD versions in different Linux distributions.
Some stuck with out last tagged release 2.1.x, some began to use latest release candidates for 2.2.0.

The SourceForge download 2.1.3 is the last version officially released for productive use.
We don't have the capacities to release new versions twice a year or so.
But we are near to release version 2.2.0, which will replace the 2.1.3 from 2016.
It depends on the Linux distributors how fast they will use it then and if they will provide backports for older distributions.

As alternative we provide AppImage binary packages for Linux.
Some are hosted on https://sourceforge.net/projects/librecad/files/Linux/.
AppImage started with 2.2.0 Release Candidate 3 and is built continuous on GitHub.
It is save to use the latest LibreCAD-2.2.0-rc4-8-g5a07ab41-x86_64.AppImage from https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/releases/.

Concerning your use-case I recommend to search here in the forum:
https://forum.librecad.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=4499512&query=electric
or our archived wiki https://wiki.librecad.org/index.php?search=electric&title=Special%3ASearch
and https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/tree/master/librecad/support/library/elektro

I think the elektro libraries from GitHub are already contained in the AppImage and most Linux distros provide it by librecad-data package.
But if they are usable for you will depend on national standards I think.
Probably you can use some to modify them for your needs.