[gentoo-user] GSettings-to-GConf problem

[Grant]

shotwell keeps crashing when I import photos with "Copy Photos" as
opposed to "Import in Place".  I've been over this thoroughly with the
shotwell list and they've come to these conclusions:

"There may be something about the configuration mapper on your machine
that is just broken."

"the problem occurred deep inside of the GSettings-to-GConf mapper
(gconfsettingsbackend)"

"ask the Gentoo packagers why they're using a GSettings-to-GConf
mapper, because GSettings is designed as an evolution over GConf and
should have no relation to it whatsoever"

Can anyone shed any light on any of this?  Should I file a Gentoo bug?

- Grant