>> > shotwell keeps crashing when I import photos with "Copy Photos" as >> > opposed to "Import in Place". I've been over this thoroughly with the >> > shotwell list and they've come to these conclusions: >> > >> > "There may be something about the configuration mapper on your machine >> > that is just broken." >> > >> > "the problem occurred deep inside of the GSettings-to-GConf mapper >> > (gconfsettingsbackend)" >> > >> > "ask the Gentoo packagers why they're using a GSettings-to-GConf >> > mapper, because GSettings is designed as an evolution over GConf and >> > should have no relation to it whatsoever" >> > >> > Can anyone shed any light on any of this? Should I file a Gentoo bug? >> > >> > - Grant > > I don't know if this is related or not, but GNOME seems to be in the > middle of migrating away from Gconf to Gsettings. In plain English, > Gconf is being deprecated, and may not be supported in your case.
That's exactly the problem. Gentoo seems to be using a GSettings-to-GConf mapper when they should be using GSettings directly. Does anyone know what is happening in this area of Gentoo? - Grant
