>> >> > 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? > > I was going to file a bug for GNUMERIC. But I decided to send an > email to the Gentoo dev list. There are already a similar bugs for > other applications... > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327595 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327595 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363631 > > ...and it looks like it'll affect virtually every GNOME-related app. > This is going to have to be handled at a higher level than whack-a-mole > bug reports.
I see your thread on gentoo-dev. Many thanks for taking this to the right place. The solution seems to be keywording a bunch of ~arch gnome stuff. - Grant
