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>> >> > shotwell keeps crashing when I import photos with "Copy Photos" as |
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>> >> > opposed to "Import in Place". I've been over this thoroughly with the |
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>> >> > shotwell list and they've come to these conclusions: |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > "There may be something about the configuration mapper on your machine |
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>> >> > that is just broken." |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > "the problem occurred deep inside of the GSettings-to-GConf mapper |
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>> >> > (gconfsettingsbackend)" |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > "ask the Gentoo packagers why they're using a GSettings-to-GConf |
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>> >> > mapper, because GSettings is designed as an evolution over GConf and |
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>> >> > should have no relation to it whatsoever" |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > Can anyone shed any light on any of this? Should I file a Gentoo bug? |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > - Grant |
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>> > I don't know if this is related or not, but GNOME seems to be in the |
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>> > middle of migrating away from Gconf to Gsettings. In plain English, |
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>> > Gconf is being deprecated, and may not be supported in your case. |
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>> |
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>> That's exactly the problem. Gentoo seems to be using a |
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>> GSettings-to-GConf mapper when they should be using GSettings |
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>> directly. Does anyone know what is happening in this area of Gentoo? |
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> |
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> I was going to file a bug for GNUMERIC. But I decided to send an |
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> email to the Gentoo dev list. There are already a similar bugs for |
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> other applications... |
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> |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327595 |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327595 |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363631 |
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> |
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> ...and it looks like it'll affect virtually every GNOME-related app. |
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> This is going to have to be handled at a higher level than whack-a-mole |
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> bug reports. |
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I see your thread on gentoo-dev. Many thanks for taking this to the |
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right place. The solution seems to be keywording a bunch of ~arch |
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gnome stuff. |
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- Grant |