shotwell does not support file format WebP

[corrado venturini]

Try open a file in WebP format: shotwell displays a small window with a message stating:
Shotwell does not support the file format of xxxx.webp

corrado@corrado-n7-kinetic:~$ apt policy shotwell
shotwell:
  Installed: 0.30.16-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.30.16-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.30.16-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
corrado@corrado-n7-kinetic:~$ inxi -Sx
System:
  Host: corrado-n7-kinetic Kernel: 5.19.0-21-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: N/A Desktop: GNOME v: 43.0 Distro: Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)
corrado@corrado-n7-kinetic:~$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: shotwell 0.30.16-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 22 09:14:18 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-21 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
SourcePackage: shotwell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Still in Ubuntu Lunar with shotwell: Installed: 0.30.17-1ubuntu1

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

In dependencies you have webp-pixbuf-loader...

corrado@corrado-n5-ll-0224:~$ apt show shotwell
Package: shotwell
Version: 0.30.17-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst <email address hidden>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6,856 kB
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdata22 (>= 0.15.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libgee-0.8-2 (>= 0.10.1), libgexiv2-2 (>= 0.10.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.49.5), libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.10), libgphoto2-port12 (>= 2.5.10), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libraw20 (>= 0.16.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libunity9 (>= 3.4.6), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.25.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), shotwell-common (= 0.30.17-1ubuntu1), dconf-cli, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, librsvg2-common, webp-pixbuf-loader
Replaces: shotwell-common (<< 0.26.2-1)
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package shotwell - 0.30.18-0ubuntu1

---------------
shotwell (0.30.18-0ubuntu1) lunar; urgency=medium

  * New upstream bugfix release
    - Add missing value to saturation slider
    - Use libportal for "Set as Desktop Background" feature like Nautilus does
  * debian/control: Build-Depend on libportal-gtk3-dev
  * Depend on xdg-desktop-portal-gnome | xdg-desktop-portal-backend
    for "Set as Desktop Background"
  * debian/control: Build-Depend on libwebp-dev
  * Bump required libgevi2-dev to 0.12.0-2~, required for webp support
  * List webp-pixbuf-loader in Depends, not Build-Depends (Closes: #1034010)
  * Cherry-pick patch to fix build with vala 0.56.6 (Closes: #1034011)
  * Cherry-pick 2 more patches required for webp support to work (LP: #1993881)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:56:00 -0400

[Jens Georg (yg-jensge)]

Did you patch it to use the gdk-pixbuf-webp loader? (If so, great, then I don't have to do it) - if not and you took the patches from master, it's not necessary, it decodes webp itself