[Digikam-users] Upgrading for Digikam

[Mikolaj Machowski]

On Wednesday 24 June 2009 06:04:26 davidvincentjones wrote:
> Digikam is my most critical application that I run on Ubuntu 8.10  with the
> Gnome front end. I am operating with DK version 0.11.0-svn and KDE 4.2.2.
> (I do currently have some critical EXIF issues with this combination).
>
> I am ready to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.4 and wonder whether I would be better to
> install, right from the start, the KDE desktop for better compatibility
> with Digikam.

Compatibility is no problem. Only in next KDE version (4.4) things like 
Nepomuk integration will add value.

Note that current Ubuntu packages regarding digiKam are seriously broken. Very 
big percentage of latest reports were due to version mismatches in *buntu 
family. Upgrading now you have high possibility of "vanished photos" bug (aka 
kio-slaves incompability) - especially if you ride on svn edge. Unless you are 
ready to compile your own version of digiKam.

On more personal opinion: only from version 4.3 KDE is really worth using :)

m.