[Digikam-users] digiKam-0.9.0-beta3 and DigikamImagePlugins-0.9.0-beta3 have been released.

Tue Oct 24 12:46:10 BST 2006

Thanks for this happy end issue adasal... (:=)))

Gilles

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 11:56, adasal wrote:
> Well, I am a happy man.
> You know the phrase, he has a history, well I'm not talking about my own,
> but my computer also has a history, I guess in computer years it is a bit
> of an old man now, certainly it goes back to 2005, and older versions of
> linux, I started with Red Hat something.
> After hitting my head against a wall for a couple of evenings I
> investigated my file structure and what I have on it a bit more closely.
> I discovered an old install of libgphoto2 in another location and, more
> importantly, the gphoto2 executable under /usr/bin and the new install,
> something like /usr/lib/bin.
> Then I slapped my forhead, it's an executable, it doesn't matter much where
> it is so long as it is found. Since I don't know how to tell compile where
> the version I want to use is, just move (actually copy) the new version to
> the old location. And it works! With one mother of a compile - well not as
> long as the sadly never used PDL which took all night to compile in, but
> that's another story!
> Lessons:-
> 1. We have histories.
> 2. Maybe it is worth reading the book (but maybe it isn't, I wouldn't have
> known what bit of knowledge I was looking for.)
> 3. Don't get frustrated with the mail list. If there is silence don't be
> paranoid. It probably means that if you don't know your own system, then
> someone else sure as hell doesn't, why should they?
> 4. Linux is brilliant. You could say that you would never waist your time
> so productively with windos. Not true. What happens with windos is that you
> do waist your time, and worse, you get sucked into dead ends while you wait
> and wait for features in your prefered what ever. Linux breeds creativity
> and it is brilliant. It is brilliant to be involved in that process,
> however slightly. If you see a work of art don't you want to feel involved
> in it, touched by it, this is the same. (where, I suppose, your own
> computer is your interpretation of the work of art.)
> 5. I have anwered my own questions, gphoto2 is needed and the error will go
> when it is found, I'm not sure the nature of the dependancy though?
> 6. And, of course, *digkam rocks!*
>
> With thanks,
> Adam
>
> On 23/10/06, adasal <adam.saltiel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Gilles,
> > I'm sure this is a simple thing now that I don't know.
> > Marcus from the gphoto2 list told me the flag to enable gphoto2 to
> > compile and I have now done that, so this must mean that libgphoto2 is OK
> > behind it, right?
> > I am not on the machine until the end of the day. But ...
> > 1. What I need now is the magic that will enable my system to pick this
> > up.
> > 2. Is it a bug that the configure process reports gphoto2 missing, not
> > the libgphoto2 behind it (I think we have been through this one, but a
> > bit unclear still)?
> > 3. Will this output disappear when it correctly finds libgphoto2?
> > Hope you can help,
> > Adam
> >
> > On 23/10/06, Gilles Caulier < caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 22 October 2006 13:30, adasal wrote:
> > > > Hub, Gilles,
> > > > You seem to be saying no big deal about the "gphoto needed output" -
> > >
> > > just a
> > >
> > > > textual correction.
> > > > So that must mean my problems are with my install of libgphoto2,
> > >
> > > right?
> > >
> > > Yes, digiKam use only libgphoto2, not gphoto2 backend.
> > >
> > > Gilles
> > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > On 22/10/06, Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
> > > > > Le Dimanche 22 Octobre 2006 02:00, Pedro Venda a écrit :
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The build failed on my system, becayse it was unable to find
> > > > > > exiv2_version.h.
> > > > >
> > > > > Witch Exiv2 release you use ? I recommend to use last stable
> > > > > release 0.11.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gilles
> > > > >
> > > > > > I looked through the rest of the code and saw that only
> > > > > > digikam/lib/widgets/metadata/gpswidget.cpp included it, so I
> > >
> > > thought
> > >
> > > > > that
> > > > >
> > > > > > maybe it could have been left behind, and not really be necessary
> > > > >
> > > > > anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > > So, by removing the offending include (#include
> > > > > > <exiv2/exiv2_version.h>)
> > > > >
> > > > > -
> > > > >
> > > > > > line 54 from digikam/lib/widgets/metadata/gpswidget.cpp, I fixed
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > > problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Pedro Venda.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Friday 20 October 2006 21:44, F.J.Cruz wrote:
> > > > > > > Following the policy of digiKam community about to offer a high
> > > > >
> > > > > quality
> > > > >
> > > > > > > product, we are proud to presents the new digiKam and
> > > > >
> > > > > DigikamImagePlugins
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 0.9.0-beta3 releases. As usual, these news packages  have a lot
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > > bugs
> > > > >
> > > > > > > fixed and improved features:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If you want to know more about all the changes in this release,
> > >
> > > have
> > >
> > > > > > > a look at the NEWS
> > > > > > > [
> > >
> > > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/NEWS?rev=596600&
> > >v
> > >
> > > > > > >ie w=markup] and CHANGELOG files
> > > > > > > [
> > > > >
> > > > > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/ChangeLog?re
> > > > >v=595
> > > > >
> > > > > > >83 8&view=markup]. Feel free to  read about ours plans for the
> > >
> > > future
> > >
> > > > > in
> > > > >
> > > > > > > the TODO file
> > > > > > > [
> > >
> > > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/TODO?rev=594143&
> > >v
> > >
> > > > > > >ie w=markup]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > As you probably know whith the beta releases we are asking
> > > > > > > users
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > > test
> > > > >
> > > > > > > this version of digiKam and to report bugs, so if you find one
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > > these,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > please report it to the bug tracking system at bugs.kde.org. In
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > first
> > > > >
> > > > > > > step, make sure that there is not already a bug report for your
> > > > >
> > > > > problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > A list of open bug reports for digikam can be found at
> > >
> > > http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&
> > >bu
> > >
> > > > > > >g_ status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED and for
> > > > > > > digikamimageplugins in this URL
> > >
> > > http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins&bug_status=
> > >UN
> > >
> > > > > > >CO
> > >
> > > NFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED.
> > >
> > > > > > > If you are a digiKam user, you know you have a great piece of
> > > > > > > software
> > > > >
> > > > > in
> > > > >
> > > > > > > your desktop, otherwise we invite to test a sophisticated, but
> > >
> > > easy
> > >
> > > > > > > to use, digital photo management application.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Donwload your packages here:
> > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641
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