Bug 425877 - FAQ hopelessly outdated
Summary: FAQ hopelessly outdated
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Website (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-08-27 18:46 UTC by arne anka
Modified: 2020-08-28 10:29 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 7.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description arne anka 2020-08-27 18:46:04 UTC
> https://www.digikam.org/documentation/faq/

is hopelessly out of date.
Of course, there's no date either at the top nor the bottom, but the contents are so far from current KDE/Plasma that it obviouls ynot have been updated in a very long time.
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2020-08-27 19:16:34 UTC
Make suggestions for missing FAQs or write and expand the FAQ, your help is very welcome.

Maik
Comment 2 arne anka 2020-08-27 19:19:15 UTC
Well, surpise: I came to the FAQ because I had an issue I need to solve.
If I could rewrite the FAQ I wouldn't need the FAQ.

Give the current state it does more harm than it helps. Probably better to take it offline.
Comment 3 Maik Qualmann 2020-08-27 19:35:59 UTC
Seriously, because your question is not answered in the FAQ, should we turn off the FAQ? We have a mailing list where you can ask your questions, other digiKam users and we answer your questions.

Maik
Comment 4 2wxsy58236r3 2020-08-28 07:53:41 UTC
You can try searching the documentation [1] or Google and see if your issue can be solved.

> I came to the FAQ because I had an issue I need to solve.
Please let us know the issue you are facing, so that the FAQ section can be improved.

----------

I guess some information are really outdated, for example:

> How to deal with utf-8 encoding ?
> 
> For Mandriva 2007 ...

> When editing IPTC, playing with tags, assigning keywords or doing xxxx, digiKam crashes. What’s the problem ?
> 
> It could be a problem with Exiv2. It’s mandatory to use at least version 0.25 with digikam. So, install a recent version (0.16 is highly recommended).
> It’s strongly recommended to use the latest stable exiv2 version (0.14 now).

I guess the latest stable version for Exiv2 is now v0.27.3?


[1] https://www.digikam.org/documentation/
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2020-08-28 08:59:58 UTC
Git commit afbb3eee54d1f6e649d448ea713436ce3f24eb9a by Gilles Caulier.
Committed on 28/08/2020 at 08:58.
Pushed by cgilles into branch 'dev'.

update the FAQ page. Remove obsolete entries.
Note : all contributions are welcome to share experience here.
FIXED-IN: 7.1.0

M  +31   -307  content/documentation/FAQ.md

https://invent.kde.org/websites/digikam-org/commit/afbb3eee54d1f6e649d448ea713436ce3f24eb9a
Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2020-08-28 09:00:54 UTC
Git commit 4d48a82970b2fbd3c357d5fddcec9544617ffec3 by Gilles Caulier.
Committed on 28/08/2020 at 09:00.
Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'.

Merge branch 'dev'


https://invent.kde.org/websites/digikam-org/commit/4d48a82970b2fbd3c357d5fddcec9544617ffec3
Comment 7 arne anka 2020-08-28 09:46:43 UTC
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #3)
> Seriously, because your question is not answered in the FAQ, should we turn
> off the FAQ? We have a mailing list where you can ask your questions, other
> digiKam users and we answer your questions.
> 
> Maik

Did you even bother to try to understand what I wrote?

(In reply to 2wxsy58236r3 from comment #4)
> You can try searching the documentation [1] or Google and see if your issue
> can be solved.

What? NO! Really?

> > I came to the FAQ because I had an issue I need to solve.
> Please let us know the issue you are facing, so that the FAQ section can be
> improved.

Sorry, but I very much doubt that it is worth the bother.
Comment 8 caulier.gilles 2020-08-28 09:53:32 UTC
arne,

This entry in bugzilla is about the obsolete section in FAQ that i fixed. I don't add new entry here and all contribution are welcome "AS i said MAIK previously".

If you have a technical problem, you can :

1/ open a new file in bugzilla with all details to reproduce the dysfunction, following the Contribute page from digiKam.org

2/ contact the digikam-uer@kde.org mailing list to post Q and wait a response from the community.

And definitively, as you don't explain your technical problem in this file, you cannot expect a technical response here.

Voilà, this file is now closed. To continue the story, please follow point 1/ or 2/

Gilles Caulier
Comment 9 2wxsy58236r3 2020-08-28 10:29:39 UTC
It turns out that the bug reporter indeed filed Bug 425878, although he/she didn't mention the bug here.