moving from app-image to gentoo repository

[Gilles Caulier]

Also here, we post last pre release build to test. AppImage is the best way
to check quickly if a bug have been fixed or to review new features...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzeiVr-byqt5Y0tIRWVWelRJenM

Gilles Caulier


2017-09-16 21:19 GMT+02:00 Jim Dory <james at dorydesign.com>:

> Thanks Andrey for the data points! Good to know.
>
> /jim
>
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have both digikam from a repo and digikam appimage. They share settings
>> and database files. I can open any of them at any time depending on each
>> one I want. No conflicts so far.
>> I have noticed I almost always use appimage because it is usually 3-6
>> months ahead.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Jim Dory <james at dorydesign.com>
>> Date: 2017-09-16 11:11 AM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Subject: moving from app-image to gentoo repository
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Hopefully this is an easy one:
>>
>> A while back I moved to the app-image I think to get by some bug (I don't
>> remember why) and when I did, I seemed to have lost several image tags. I
>> have my digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db on my local drive, and images
>> stored on a NAS. I've pretty well rebuilt any lost tags.
>>
>> I've never really understood well the tagging settings. Currently I have
>> these set in Metadata:
>> Under Write This Info to Metadata: all except Face TAgs.
>> Under Reading and writing: Read from Sidecar files
>> If possible write to raw
>> Update file timestamp
>> (Don't have Write to sidecar files checked.  ??) I have several formats
>> over the years, currently raw files are Canon Cr2. Some converted dng.
>>
>> So I'm thinking of moving back to the Gentoo repository for Digikam5.7
>> (currently app-image of 5.6). The reason to move away from app-image is
>> just ease of updating. My questions are:
>> Is there no real reason to stick with app-image in my case?
>> How do I move back - can I just install (emerge) from Gentoo's
>> repository, point to current folders where database and images are, and
>> then uninstall the app-image if all is well? Is there danger to database to
>> reopen app-image if there's a problem with repository digikam?
>>
>> thanks for reading, Jim
>>
>
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