5.3 philip5 packages vs. 5.4 app image (Re: Digikam 4.14.0 -> 5.3.0 - big update, some questions)

[Jens Benecke]

Hi,

sorry, inline screenshots seem to have got lost in transit. Here are 
some links.

first, thank you for the packaging at all which make life easier for so 
many of us!

Now, to do my part (help testing and report bugs :-) ): This is the 5.3 
ubuntu ppa Digikam vs. the 5.4 appimage:

https://root.rb-hosting.de/owncloud/public.php?service=gallery&t=48f6458dfb9761938c3f6f02aedb6182
pw: gagablabla

Differences I can see:

- smaller default / UI fonts (more similar to my Ubuntu settings),
- every toolbar item has an icon (with consistent styles),
- sidebar tab dimensions are more consistent and no missing icons
- the appimage does not integrate into the global menu but shows a 
separate menubar.

Does the appImage use different KDE resources / defaults / config file 
locations than the PPA packages?

Regarding video, Gilles has already replied, it seems to be an appImage 
issue (or rather gstreamer issue).

Thank you!


Am 21.11.2016 um 16:30 schrieb Philip Johnsson:
> I just made an update of digikam 5.3 with appstyles support. Not sure
> how much that will change what you are asking for.
>
> When it comes to icons I can't update icons that are provided by KDE
> framworks as that would make package conflicts. As for now I also have
> to rely on icons that provided by the old digikam 4 as long as I keep
> the new digikam 5 packages in parallel with the old digikam 4 packages
> to be abled to be install in the same system as many users of my PPA
> have requested for some time.
>
> Which icons are you having problems with when it comes to your
> installation that you see whe you use digikam 5?
>
> Not sure I can do anything about play, paus and stop control icons for
> videos. I'm not sure it's a packaging issue but maybe something for
> developers or how QT5 is built for Ubuntu.
>
> /Philip
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Jens Benecke
> <jens-digikam at spamfreemail.de <mailto:jens-digikam at spamfreemail.de>>
> wrote:
>
>>         Hi,
>>         I have to correct this - menu integration works but the
>>         original menu isn’t automatically hidden. I had to hide it
>>         manually, now the menu shows in the global menubar like it
>>         should. So this issue is closed, at least for me.
>>
>>         However, I have found some others in the meantime:
>>
>>         * video files, pausing and skipping doesn’t work, the play
>>         controls are disabled. I can only watch the file being played
>>         back.
>>
>>         * when grouping photos by dragging them onto each other, the
>>         popup context menu doesn’t always appear. I suspect a race
>>         condition or something like that - when I move the mouse very
>>         slowly and stop before releasing the mouse button, it works
>>         most of the time.
>>
>>         Are these issues known?
>>
>>
>>     none of that as i know...
>
>     Hi,
>     I now tried the 5.4 app image (vs. philip5’s 5.3 packages) and
>     there are some differences.
>
>     In the 5.4 appimage,
>     - video playback does not work at all, it works fine in 5.3
>     (without pause/repeat) and OS X (with full controls)
>     - the icon set (for menus and buttons) seems consistent and
>     complete (vs. missing icons and different sizes in 5.3)
>     - the fonts look like KDE default fonts (5.3 seems to use far too
>     large fonts for everything)
>     - Bug #370150 regarding Geolocation seems fixed
>
>     So, if I had a wish … I would like a 5.4 Ubuntu package that uses
>     the complete icon set and sane KDE fonts (or some advice on how to
>     set the KDE fonts on my Ubuntu system without having to install
>     the whole of Kubuntu - or just make KDE/Digikam use the Ubuntu
>     font settings). ;-)
>
>     Philip, can you help?
>
>     Thank you!
>
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