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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GSettings-to-GConf problem
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:01:26
Message-Id: CAN0CFw3Xc8YtdYii-+NU_qXUL0G76F1NG51iyfYoSZ2F1f-LAw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GSettings-to-GConf problem by Walter Dnes
1 >> > shotwell keeps crashing when I import photos with "Copy Photos" as
2 >> > opposed to "Import in Place". I've been over this thoroughly with the
3 >> > shotwell list and they've come to these conclusions:
4 >> >
5 >> > "There may be something about the configuration mapper on your machine
6 >> > that is just broken."
7 >> >
8 >> > "the problem occurred deep inside of the GSettings-to-GConf mapper
9 >> > (gconfsettingsbackend)"
10 >> >
11 >> > "ask the Gentoo packagers why they're using a GSettings-to-GConf
12 >> > mapper, because GSettings is designed as an evolution over GConf and
13 >> > should have no relation to it whatsoever"
14 >> >
15 >> > Can anyone shed any light on any of this? Should I file a Gentoo bug?
16 >> >
17 >> > - Grant
18 >
19 > I don't know if this is related or not, but GNOME seems to be in the
20 > middle of migrating away from Gconf to Gsettings. In plain English,
21 > Gconf is being deprecated, and may not be supported in your case.
22
23 That's exactly the problem. Gentoo seems to be using a
24 GSettings-to-GConf mapper when they should be using GSettings
25 directly. Does anyone know what is happening in this area of Gentoo?
26
27 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GSettings-to-GConf problem Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GSettings-to-GConf problem Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>