moving from app-image to gentoo repository

[Jim Dory-2]

Hello,

Hopefully this is an easy one:

A while back I moved to the app-image I think to get by some bug (I don't remember why) and when I did, I seemed to have lost several image tags. I have my digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db on my local drive, and images stored on a NAS. I've pretty well rebuilt any lost tags.

I've never really understood well the tagging settings. Currently I have these set in Metadata:

Under Write This Info to Metadata: all except Face TAgs.

Under Reading and writing: Read from Sidecar files

If possible write to raw

Update file timestamp

(Don't have Write to sidecar files checked.  ??) I have several formats over the years, currently raw files are Canon Cr2. Some converted dng.

So I'm thinking of moving back to the Gentoo repository for Digikam5.7 (currently app-image of 5.6). The reason to move away from app-image is just ease of updating. My questions are: 

Is there no real reason to stick with app-image in my case?

How do I move back - can I just install (emerge) from Gentoo's repository, point to current folders where database and images are, and then uninstall the app-image if all is well? Is there danger to database to reopen app-image if there's a problem with repository digikam?

thanks for reading, Jim

[AndriusWild]

I have both digikam from a repo and digikam appimage. They share settings and database files. I can open any of them at any time depending on each one I want. No conflicts so far.

I have noticed I almost always use appimage because it is usually 3-6 months ahead.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Jim Dory <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-16 11:11 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: [hidden email]

Subject: moving from app-image to gentoo repository

Hello,

Hopefully this is an easy one:

A while back I moved to the app-image I think to get by some bug (I don't remember why) and when I did, I seemed to have lost several image tags. I have my digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db on my local drive, and images stored on a NAS. I've pretty well rebuilt any lost tags.

I've never really understood well the tagging settings. Currently I have these set in Metadata:

Under Write This Info to Metadata: all except Face TAgs.

Under Reading and writing: Read from Sidecar files

If possible write to raw

Update file timestamp

(Don't have Write to sidecar files checked.  ??) I have several formats over the years, currently raw files are Canon Cr2. Some converted dng.

So I'm thinking of moving back to the Gentoo repository for Digikam5.7 (currently app-image of 5.6). The reason to move away from app-image is just ease of updating. My questions are: 

Is there no real reason to stick with app-image in my case?

How do I move back - can I just install (emerge) from Gentoo's repository, point to current folders where database and images are, and then uninstall the app-image if all is well? Is there danger to database to reopen app-image if there's a problem with repository digikam?

thanks for reading, Jim

[Jim Dory-2]

Thanks Andrey for the data points! Good to know.

/jim

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have both digikam from a repo and digikam appimage. They share settings and database files. I can open any of them at any time depending on each one I want. No conflicts so far.

I have noticed I almost always use appimage because it is usually 3-6 months ahead.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Jim Dory <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-16 11:11 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: [hidden email]

Subject: moving from app-image to gentoo repository

Hello,

Hopefully this is an easy one:

A while back I moved to the app-image I think to get by some bug (I don't remember why) and when I did, I seemed to have lost several image tags. I have my digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db on my local drive, and images stored on a NAS. I've pretty well rebuilt any lost tags.

I've never really understood well the tagging settings. Currently I have these set in Metadata:

Under Write This Info to Metadata: all except Face TAgs.

Under Reading and writing: Read from Sidecar files

If possible write to raw

Update file timestamp

(Don't have Write to sidecar files checked.  ??) I have several formats over the years, currently raw files are Canon Cr2. Some converted dng.

So I'm thinking of moving back to the Gentoo repository for Digikam5.7 (currently app-image of 5.6). The reason to move away from app-image is just ease of updating. My questions are: 

Is there no real reason to stick with app-image in my case?

How do I move back - can I just install (emerge) from Gentoo's repository, point to current folders where database and images are, and then uninstall the app-image if all is well? Is there danger to database to reopen app-image if there's a problem with repository digikam?

thanks for reading, Jim

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Also here, we post last pre release build to test. AppImage is the best way to check quickly if a bug have been fixed or to review new features...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzeiVr-byqt5Y0tIRWVWelRJenM

Gilles Caulier

 

2017-09-16 21:19 GMT+02:00 Jim Dory <[hidden email]>:

Thanks Andrey for the data points! Good to know.

/jim

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have both digikam from a repo and digikam appimage. They share settings and database files. I can open any of them at any time depending on each one I want. No conflicts so far.

I have noticed I almost always use appimage because it is usually 3-6 months ahead.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Jim Dory <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-09-16 11:11 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: [hidden email]

Subject: moving from app-image to gentoo repository

Hello,

Hopefully this is an easy one:

A while back I moved to the app-image I think to get by some bug (I don't remember why) and when I did, I seemed to have lost several image tags. I have my digikam4.db and thumbnails-digikam.db on my local drive, and images stored on a NAS. I've pretty well rebuilt any lost tags.

I've never really understood well the tagging settings. Currently I have these set in Metadata:

Under Write This Info to Metadata: all except Face TAgs.

Under Reading and writing: Read from Sidecar files

If possible write to raw

Update file timestamp

(Don't have Write to sidecar files checked.  ??) I have several formats over the years, currently raw files are Canon Cr2. Some converted dng.

So I'm thinking of moving back to the Gentoo repository for Digikam5.7 (currently app-image of 5.6). The reason to move away from app-image is just ease of updating. My questions are: 

Is there no real reason to stick with app-image in my case?

How do I move back - can I just install (emerge) from Gentoo's repository, point to current folders where database and images are, and then uninstall the app-image if all is well? Is there danger to database to reopen app-image if there's a problem with repository digikam?

thanks for reading, Jim