| Summary: | KPhotoAlbum leaving user totally clueless about modules in "Funktionsstatus -- KPhotoAlbum" | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kphotoalbum | Reporter: | crptdngl71 |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | KPhotoAlbum Bugs <kpabugs> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | johannes |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 6.0.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
Hi Crptdngl, You're right - that text is in need of an overhaul and contains some outdated information. I'll see if we can come up with something better. Responding to the question of what to do as a user: If you are using a binary package, you can only file a bug report with the supplier (i.e. your distribution). In your case you don't have to do that, though: The map feature relies on Marble, which does not have a Qt6/KF6 release in Debian yet. The other missing feature, plugin support, is actually a bug in kphotoalbum: we missed purpose support in the 6.0.1 release. I have to fix that (this is now tracked in bug #501885). Git commit a9b460d24dab943b84a25fa596c26943038ac35e by Johannes Zarl-Zierl. Committed on 22/03/2025 at 23:11. Pushed by johanneszarl into branch 'master'. Improve wording for the feature dialog M +99 -67 MainWindow/FeatureDialog.cpp M +2 -3 MainWindow/FeatureDialog.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/kphotoalbum/-/commit/a9b460d24dab943b84a25fa596c26943038ac35e |
SUMMARY KPhotoAlbum leaving user totally clueless about missing modules in "Funktionsstatus -- KPhotoAlbum" STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install KPhotoAlbum via system package installer (e.g. apt-get for debian) and run app for the first time. 2. Chose to open in demo mode and skip creating personal database for now. 3. In KPhotoAlbum main window, go to menu bar "Hilfe" -> "Funktionsstatus von KPhotoAlbum" ("Help" -> "Function status of KPhotoAlbum"). A window is shown containing an overview of modules available for currently installed and running KPhotoAlbum. OBSERVED RESULT 1. The overview of modules that are currently available/installed and are not installed does not specify how to add a missing module. No module name is given, no package name is given. It is actually recommended to compile KPhotoAlbum from sources which is useless as it has just been installed using the system's own package management and this was done on a purpose (e.g. to avoid conflicting user installations messing up system's own package management). Example: "Kartenansicht für geolokalisierte Bilder" - "Nein" means this functionality currently is not available. What should I do to fix this? The module's section states that KPhotoAlbum needs be compiled using Marble but it does not say if current version has been compiled using marble support and what would be needed to add this module functionality. EXPECTED RESULT 1. If a module and/or functionality is currently missing / not working KPhotoAlbum should state what EXACTLY to do to add this missing feature so it is availble. For someone like me who prefers not to compile things but instead use clean system's own package management it would be important to have the name of the missing package(s). k3b is doing something similar and tells exactly what is missing for a specific feature to be supported. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: siduction 23.1 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.13.7-1-siduction-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Name: Latitude 7490 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION