[digiKam-users] 7.9.0 release : when ?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi MAik,

For me only 2 plugins cannot be loaded under Kubuntu 22.04:

Digikam::DPluginLoader::Private::loadPlugins: Ignoring to load the
following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
plugin: "/tmp/.mount_digiKa6vGB9K/usr/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_Calendar_Plugin.so"
Reason: "Cannot load library
/tmp/.mount_digiKa6vGB9K/usr/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_Calendar_Plugin.so:
(libKF5CalendarCore.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory)"

Digikam::DPluginLoader::Private::loadPlugins: Ignoring to load the
following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
plugin: "/tmp/.mount_digiKa6vGB9K/usr/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_HtmlGallery_Plugin.so"
Reason: "Cannot load library
/tmp/.mount_digiKa6vGB9K/usr/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_HtmlGallery_Plugin.so:
(/tmp/.mount_digiKa6vGB9K/usr/lib/libxslt.so.1: version
`LIBXML2_1.1.30' not found (required by
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexslt.so.0))"

I will try also under Centos 7...

Gilles


Gilles

Le mer. 16 nov. 2022 à 19:10, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Great, the new AppImage starts here now, except for 3 plugins that aren't
> loaded due to missing Qt libraries, it works great, sound is also available.
>
> Generic_DigitalScanner_Plugin.so
> /tmp/.mount_digiKaWfhQbs/usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5: version
> `Qt_5.15.7_PRIVATE_API' not found (required by /lib64/libQt5TextToSpeech.so.5
>
> Generic_HtmlGallery_Plugin.so
> /tmp/.mount_digiKaWfhQbs/usr/lib/libxslt.so.1: version `LIBXML2_1.1.30' not
> found (required by /lib64/libexslt.so.0)
>
> Generic_Rajce_Plugin.so
> /tmp/.mount_digiKaWfhQbs/usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5: version
> `Qt_5.15.7_PRIVATE_API' not found (required by /lib64/libQt5XmlPatterns.so.5
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2022, 09:07:21 CET schrieben Sie:
> > Hi Maik,
> >
> > Here :
> >
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/qt5-maintenance/project/bundl
> > es/appimage/data/AppRun#L145
> >
> > We call the libpcre preload... this call this function :
> >
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/qt5-maintenance/project/bundl
> > es/appimage/data/AppRun#L14
> >
> > Which checks if the libpcre exists on the host system before to preload.
> >
> > in the bundle, libpcre is removed :
> >
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/qt5-maintenance/project/bundl
> > es/appimage/04-build-appimage.sh#L397
> >
> > Do you recommend bundling this library too? I remember that i disable
> > libpcre for Fedora host.
> >
> > Gilles
> >
> > Le mer. 16 nov. 2022 à 08:35, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit
> :
> > > Here under openSUSE there is still the problem with libpcre.so.3.
> > > Preloading will not work because the library is not available in the
> > > system
> > > and repositories.
> > >
> > > Maik
> > >
> > > Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2022, 08:04:17 CET schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > The whole infrastructure to recompile the bundles 7.x and 8.x (beta)
> > > > is now ported to Ubuntu 18.04 (used for AppImage and Windows
> > > > installer). The workflow is to publish at the same time 7.x and 8.x
> > > > versions.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to publish a 7.9.0 official release for the first week of
> > > > december. For that i need the maximum feedback from AppImage and
> > > > Windows users to see if nothing is broken with the migration.
> > > > Especially :
> > > >
> > > > - AppImage needs (or not) the preloading of shared libraries at
> > > > startup. Mostly, we inherit of the legacy rules used with the Mageia7
> > > > system used to build the bundle. Probably these rules must be
> > > > simplified or adjusted for Ubuntu 18.04 as the dependencies are not
> > > > the same at run time with the host system running application. This
> > > > point need to be checked with all Linux host where the bundle can be
> > > > used (typically, all redhat and debian based systems for ex).
> > > >
> > > > - Windows installer introduced a few simplifications with the NSIS
> > > > packager included in my pending todo list since a very long time. I
> > > > removed an extra dll used to deal with the registration database to
> > > > see if the application is already installed on the system or not, and
> > > > to decide if it needs to be uninstalled before to process installation
> > > > of the new version. I don't check the regression of this feature with
> > > > all Windows versions supported.
> > > >
> > > > For next 7.9.0, we have also a set of important bugfixes introduced
> > > > where we want to see if no regression have been introduced. In other
> > > > words, please test as you can, all feedback are welcome.
> > > >
> > > > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/qt5-maintenance/NEWS
> > > >
> > > > Remember : 7.9.0 can be considered as stable and can be used in
> > > > production:
> > > >
> > > > https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> > > >
> > > > 8.0.0 is unstable as not all features have been completely tested and
> > > > finalized. Use it with test collections/user accounts only.
> > > >
> > > > https://files.kde.org/digikam/unstable/
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance to contribute and support digiKam project
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Gilles Caulier
>
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