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gthumb package

  1. Bug #361179
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 361179

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Sb (sb56637) wrote : Re: [Bug 361179] Re: Partially Corrupt JPEG Won't Show in Gthumb

Michael Chudobiak wrote:
> eog uses a progressive loader that displays bits of the file as it reads
> it. Thus it shows some of the file before aborting.
>
> gthumb reads the whole file first before displaying. Thus it fails
> before displaying. gimp does the same.
>
> Anyway, there is no proper way to handle corrupt files. This isn't a
> bug, and it won't be fixed.
>
> - Mike
>

How is this not a bug? Is it somehow preferable to lose ALL of a
corrupt file instead of at least seeing part of it? Is not EOG's
behavior preferable? So why couldn't Gthumb be made to use the same
progressive loading method? Doesn't seem like rocket science to me.