Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GSettings-to-GConf problem

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>> >> > 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