Settings on Ubuntu lead to an Exception

Anki Desktop
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When I try to open the Preferences under Extra > Settings, I get a window with the following error description and a link to this forum:

Anki 2.1.15 (442df9d6) Python 3.10.12 Qt 5.15.3 PyQt 5.15.6
Platform: Linux
Flags: frz=False ao=False sv=1

Caught exception:
File “/usr/share/anki/aqt/main.py”, line 882, in onPrefs
aqt.dialogs.open(“Preferences”, self)
File “/usr/share/anki/aqt/init.py”, line 82, in open
instance = creator(*args)
File “/usr/share/anki/aqt/preferences.py”, line 25, in init
self.setupCollection()
File “/usr/share/anki/aqt/preferences.py”, line 80, in setupCollection
f.lrnCutoff.setValue(qc[‘collapseTime’]/60.0)
<class ‘TypeError’>: setValue(self, int): argument 1 has unexpected type ‘float’

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Please update this very old Anki version using a download from the Anki website. It is a known issue with this outdated version (likely distributed through package managers), that does not occur in recent versions.

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@dae did you consider setting up auto replies for very common reports like this?

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I am the auto reply (using a text snippet) :wink:

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I’m not sure Discourse supports that out of the box? This forum is hosted by them.

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Apparently that’s not supported out of the box. I saw @andrewsanchez was working on auto replies for the AnkiHub forums (also hosted by Discourse) but turned out they are using a custom bot.

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The Discourse automation plugin can be used for very simplistic auto responses. Unfortunately, it’s overly simple and cumbersome, IMO. But it might be worth it to set up as a quick and easy way to configure auto responses for certain scenarios. E.g., detecting references to old Anki versions or mentions of “AnkiHub,” etc.

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One of the many things I need to look into at one point :sweat:

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