Bug 371951

Summary:	Thumbnail recreation is blocking
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Stefano <rs4000>
Component:	Maintenance-Database	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	5.3.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Stefano 2016-11-01 17:51:27 UTC

When rebuilding thumbnails from maintenance, digikam UI is blocked and unresponsive. No sign of activity (or "busy" indication) in the UI.

It should be handled as a normal background job, or at least show a modal progress dialog.

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2016-11-01 18:47:47 UTC

typically, this problem must be fixed with 5.3.0. Please test and feedback with digiKam beta 5.3.0 AppImage bundle.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5SUZRMGtWa3VCUDg

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 Stefano 2016-11-01 20:50:53 UTC

With the AppImge the problem seems to be gone. There is still an initial bunch of seconds of unresponsiveness, but my about 70K pics are on an USB3 drive so it may be I/O related. After those seconds though the job is started correctly.