Fix "giant memory leak" in digiKam 1.3.0, maybe creating a 1.3.1?

[Vlado Plaga]

I know you guys don't feel responsible for distributing digiKam to the
non-technical end user - but Ubuntu 10.10 is set to include digiKam
1.3.0 ("beta freeze" was yesterday[1]) and this version has one
really critical bug: "Bug 243692 - Digikam uses all memory with
thumbnails"[2].

Since from what I've read digiKam 1.4.0 even introduces some user
interface changes, it might not be accepted in Ubuntu 10.10 anymore. I
don't know. Anyway I opened a Ubuntu bug report, to make sure digiKam
in Ubuntu 10.10 does not ship with this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/digikam/+bug/625452

Would it be difficult to just write a bug fix for digiKam 1.3.0, thus
creating a kind of version 1.3.1?

Regards,
Vlado


[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule
[2] http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243692

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[Gilles Caulier-4]

Vlado,

1.4.0 do not have any GUI big changes. It's just a bugfix release
including the famous memory leak.

I think you make a mistake with the last 2.0.0 version which is under
development and not yet stabilized (planed for Chrismast).

We will not creating the 1.3.1 version. Please use 1.4.0 version as well...

Best

Gilles

2010/8/27 Vlado Plaga <[hidden email]>:

> I know you guys don't feel responsible for distributing digiKam to the
> non-technical end user - but Ubuntu 10.10 is set to include digiKam
> 1.3.0 ("beta freeze" was yesterday[1]) and this version has one
> really critical bug: "Bug 243692 - Digikam uses all memory with
> thumbnails"[2].
>
> Since from what I've read digiKam 1.4.0 even introduces some user
> interface changes, it might not be accepted in Ubuntu 10.10 anymore. I
> don't know. Anyway I opened a Ubuntu bug report, to make sure digiKam
> in Ubuntu 10.10 does not ship with this bug:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/digikam/+bug/625452
>
> Would it be difficult to just write a bug fix for digiKam 1.3.0, thus
> creating a kind of version 1.3.1?
>
> Regards,
> Vlado
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule
> [2] http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243692
>
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[Vlado Plaga]

Am Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:05:56 +0200
schrieb Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>:

> Vlado,
>
> 1.4.0 do not have any GUI big changes. It's just a bugfix release
> including the famous memory leak.

Thanks for the reply, Gilles!

So I now recommended updating to 1.4.0 in the Ubuntu bug description.

I thought there might have been bigger changes in 1.4.0 because of
"225471 : Change digiKam to follow usability guidelines."[1]

Maybe 1.4.0 should really have been called 1.3.1 then? Or you could
drop the last digit and simply call the next version 2.0!

I'm currently not following the digiKam development very closely, but I
do want a working digiKam on my system, preferably without having to
compile it myself (finally, now that the libpgf bug is fixed).

Keep up the good work!

Vlado

[1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225471
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

2010/8/28 Vlado Plaga <[hidden email]>:

> Am Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:05:56 +0200
> schrieb Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]>:
>
>> Vlado,
>>
>> 1.4.0 do not have any GUI big changes. It's just a bugfix release
>> including the famous memory leak.
>
> Thanks for the reply, Gilles!
>
> So I now recommended updating to 1.4.0 in the Ubuntu bug description.
>
> I thought there might have been bigger changes in 1.4.0 because of
> "225471 : Change digiKam to follow usability guidelines."[1]
>

Nothing has changed in GUI with this bug entry.

> Maybe 1.4.0 should really have been called 1.3.1 then? Or you could
> drop the last digit and simply call the next version 2.0!

No. 1.4.0 is 1.4.0. no need to change release ID. All must still homogenous.
with other distro.

2.0.0 is under heavy development in a separate branch. It not yet
stable to use in production.

>
> I'm currently not following the digiKam development very closely, but I
> do want a working digiKam on my system, preferably without having to
> compile it myself (finally, now that the libpgf bug is fixed).
>
> Keep up the good work!
>

Thanks

Gilles
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