[digiKam-users] Gimp, Kimageformats, Digikam, sun is shining...

[Gilles Caulier]

Le mar. 19 févr. 2019 à 18:23, <leoutation at gmx.fr> a écrit :

> On 2/19/19 6:08 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > Bad news : KDE frameworks KF5 version 5.55 require Qt 5.10 at least to
> > compile.
> > The Linux AppImage bundle use Qt 5.9.7 LTS. KF5 5.55 do not compile with
> > this version (i tried to hack).
> >
> > So i updated at least to KF5 5.54 with is the last version compatible
> > with Qt 5.9.7 LTS.
> >
> > This is another point that i hate to seen KDE not compatible with the Qt
> > long time support version. Passing to Qt 5.11 introduce regression and i
> > don't want to pass to Qt 5.12 until the LTS is declared by Qt team.
> >
> > Including new Qt version in AppImage is complicated and require time. I
> > want to do it for the moment.
> >
> > And i want to not talk about MAcOS support where Qt is only compatible
> > with more recent Apple SDK. So if we use Qt 5.12 in OSX package, it will
> > be only compatible with more recent version of MAcOS. The backward
> > compatibility is limited.
> >
> > Funny, the only bundle which use Qt 5.12, and which is compiled with KF5
> > 5.55, is... the windows installer. Thanks MXE cross compiler team which
> > support well last Qt version.
> >
> > To resume : only the Windows installer of digiKam 6.1.0 has KImageFormat
> > framework with last XCF support...
> >
>
> Are gimp 2.10 .xcf thumbnails displayed with your w$ installer?
> In my case, i compiled digikam-git with last kf5-5.55 and qt-5.12.
> gimp 2.10 xcf thumbnails are not displayed.
>
>
To be honest, i don't yet tested, as i tried to complete quickly the 6.0.0
release announcement.

Gilles Caulier
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