Missing menus

Thu Mar 2 06:38:40 GMT 2017

Sorry to belabour this... but according to the Ubuntu Launchpad
bug-tracking instructions

Typically, what isn't supported is software from a PPA (Personal Package
Archive), 3rd party packages, self-compiled software, etc. For more on
supported Ubuntu repositories, please see here. If you are using
unsupported software, it is best to file a bug in that program's bug
tracker directly.

I think if I report this but with Ubuntu, it will be ignored because the
version is 'unsupported'. I am scared now that if Digikam updates via the
PPA as I would wish, then my several years of developing a photography
workflow for Digikam will be lost. So I have to be content with a
semi-working version and remove the PPA. DK 5.4 works, but has the double
menu, DK 5.5 appimage is totally broken even on Ubuntu 16.04. If I had
money I would pay a bounty to have this fixed, but I am just a humble
amateur photography user.

What do I do? Is there anyone with more technical knowledge than me who can
take a look at the code one more time in relation to Unity?

Just a FYI, my photos are all 'open source' (CC:BY) or 'public domain'
(CC:0), and thanks to being able to work fast and tag images with Digikam,
I have 8 million views on Flickr, and many thousands of uses under those
licenses. It is heart rending to think of not using DK for this. I will do
ANYTHING I can from my end to help and do my part to get this bug fixed.
But it seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Thanks for understanding,
regards
Derek

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Derek Keats <derek at dkeats.com> wrote:

> I must apologies for this, but 50% of the issue is there in Ubuntu 16.04.
> I was so happy to be able to get back to managing and posting my photos
> that I didn't notice the issue. This may help diagnose the problem... which
> in my naive way of thinking has to be have something to do with Digikam
> interacting with the Unity menu.
>
> So there are two places the menubar can be: On the application window at
> the top, and on the topbar as per the Mac way.
>
> The first time I open the Digikam editor on Ubuntu 16.04, the menubar is
> present in both places. The second time I open it, it is only present on
> the Digikam editor window. It has disappeared from the top. I can still use
> it, but it is not the correct behaviour.
>
> Before I log it against Unity, is it appropriate to ask if it can be
> double checked in the DK code? Sorry if that is out of line, but I really
> want to get to the bottom of this.
>
> thanks
> Derek
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So, we can considerate a regression from Unity, not from digiKAm, as
>> previous version work as expected...
>>
>> Report this problem to Unity bugzilla...
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2017-02-25 14:32 GMT+01:00 Derek Keats <derek at dkeats.com>:
>>
>>> Here is a result of my testing (all tests in VMs, but Elementary also
>>> tested on old laptop):
>>>
>>> Ubuntu 16.10 Unity -- - Has the issue reported here so DK unusable
>>> Ubuntu 16.04 Unity -- Works as expected
>>> Ubuntu 16.10 Gnome --- Works as expected
>>> Ubuntu 16.10 KDE -- Works as expected
>>> Elementary OS Loki -- Works as expected
>>> Manjaro 17.0 KDE -- Works as expected
>>> Linuxmint 18.1 cinnamon -- Works as expected
>>>
>>> It would seem to be an issue with Ubuntu 16.10 Unity, rather than Ubuntu
>>> per se or Digikam per se.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Derek
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Derek,
>>>>
>>>> Please check if the bug exists in Ubuntu GNOME if you have a chance. I
>>>> think it might be A GNOME 3 thing not Unity.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: 2017-02-21 10:14 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: Missing menus
>>>>
>>>> I don't ignore Ubuntu, else i will not speak about in this room.
>>>>
>>>> I want mean that Ubuntu is not finalized as other desktop present under
>>>> Linux since a very long time. And dysfunctions exists and must be resolved
>>>> by Ubuntu team. Why i will pass precious time for Ubuntu after all, if the
>>>> desktop manager as weird side effects on applications which exist before
>>>> Ubuntu as well..
>>>>
>>>> Ubuntu is not Linux after all... and as i can see, with my very long
>>>> experience in computer science, well the Ubuntu desktop is buggous and not
>>>> finalized. This is the reality, i'm sorry...
>>>>
>>>> If Ubuntu team propose patches to improve digiKam under this distro, i
>>>> will have no problem to review and apply. For the moment, I see nothing
>>>> coming from Ubuntu star...
>>>>
>>>> Or perhaps digiKam is not a priority or is considerate as a weird
>>>> application, that i can understand. But in this case, do not ask me to
>>>> support more and more this distro as well...
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-02-21 18:02 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> You can't regret the fact that Ubuntu gave non-geeks like me a chance
>>>>> to enjoy using an open source OS though.
>>>>> Yes in some cases it works not the way the rest distributions do but
>>>>> we still need to respect it as a part of the community and should not
>>>>> ignore it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: 2017-02-21 9:55 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Missing menus
>>>>>
>>>>> yes, i know. My remarks about Ubuntu are not about Debian...
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-02-21 17:07 GMT+01:00 maderios <maderios at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 02/21/2017 02:12 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The truth is elsewhere (:-)))... As usual with Ubuntu, nothing work
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> other Linux boxes...
>>>>>>> This confirm my point of view about this distro, and you know it
>>>>>>> already.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>> Every knows Ubuntu is Ubuntu, not Debian... :)
>>>>>> Digikam works fine with Debian.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Maderios
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
>>> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
>>> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
>>> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
>>> Email: derek at dkeats.com
>>> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
>>> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
>>> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
> Email: derek at dkeats.com
> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>

-- 
Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
Email: derek at dkeats.com
Phone: +27 82 787 0169 / +27 11 477 4954
Web: http://www.dkeats.com
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