build gthumb with IPTC data support

[jcornuz]

Binary package hint: gthumb

Hi there,

I think gThumb should be built by default with libiptcdata support to allow adding tags ("categories") as metadatas inside images. Rebuilding gThumb with libiptcdata & libiptcdata-dev installed from apt-get did the trick for me. That's on Hardy Heron, AMD64.

Thanks

Joel

[Åskar (olskar)]

I strongly agree with Joel. IPTC is a standard used by many photographers and the gthumbdevelopers has made it supported in gthumb. There is absolutly no reason this is built without IPTC-support in Ubuntu. My guess is that the one responsible for this package perhaps did not think iptc was needed.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

This is included in the 2.10.8 source (that has been uploaded to Intrepid). However, the libiptcdata package is in universe, while gthumb is in main.

[Åskar (olskar)]

So what is needed is libiptcdata being moved to main?

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess must be followed. Feel free to start on it, any contributions are welcome!

[Åskar (olskar)]

I have not tried to make a maininclusionreport for libiptcdata0. I do not know if I made it correctly..perhaps someone else can make some small changes needed?

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Great, Åskar. Where is the report?

[Åskar (olskar)]

The report is here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libiptcdata/+bug/238855

However I understand that the report propably is not very good, but it is as good as I can do it im afraid.. I thought it was better to at least have something than nothing..

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Thanks, that's a good start. But the report itself should be a wiki page (with a link to that bug).

[Åskar (olskar)]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportIptcdata0 :)

[Åskar (olskar)]

Sorry, correct link is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionReportLibiptcdata

[Åskar (olskar)]

This bug should now be fixable since libiptcdata has been promoted to main :)

I tried compiling but got problems

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Åskar, congratulations with the promotion :) It should be enough to revert the last change I did in 3:2.10.8-1ubuntu2, that is, the -1ubuntu1 version should build it successfully.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

 gthumb (3:2.10.8-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
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   * build-dep on libiptcdata again now that it is in main

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

I built the new version in my PPA, and it worked fine.

[jcornuz (jcornuz)]

You guys rock. All I can say is "thank you very much". Now hopefully the next version of GThumb will support XMP tags :)

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Added bug reference to changelog entry.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gthumb - 3:2.10.8-1ubuntu3

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gthumb (3:2.10.8-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * build-dep on libiptcdata again now that it is in main (LP: #213367)

 -- Tormod Volden <email address hidden> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:40:06 +0200