severity -1 serious thanks Meta data is data, and losing exif data is extremely bad.
I will upload a new package later today, that needs urgent fixing. Thanks for the pointer to the PR. Norbert -- PREINING Norbert https://www.preining.info Fujitsu + IFMGA ProGuide + TU Wien + TeX Live + Debian Dev GPG: 0x860CDC13 fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13 Apr 17, 2021 12:18:29 Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com>: > Control: tag -1 + patch > Control: severity -1 important > Justification: loss of exif metadata. A photographer would say "grave > severity"! > > Hi Karsten, > > Karsten Hilbert <karsten.hilb...@gmx.net> writes: > >> Package: gwenview >> Version: 4:20.12.3-1 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: upstream >> >> This release started to drop metadata from JPEG files after rotating >> them. I do believe the following upstream commit is the culprit: >> >> >> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/commit/a401e66621bcffbdc75048d9eaded1a5f5a67137 >> >> because it "unconditionally" saves JPEGs thereby overwriting them w/o >> carrying over metadata :( >> > > Thank you very for filing this bug. I agree, this is a nasty issue that > will compromise Debian's reputation for reliability and a reassuring > policy of no data-loss bugs in stable releases. IMHO this bug is RC, > but strictly speaking metadata isn't data, which is why I chose > "important"...nevertheless, no one should be punished for viewing a > photo in Gwenview rather than Darktable! > > The emergency quick fix is here: > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/commit/7e59f65fb1f14c36fcf12683c6eacb5f658dc3fc > > from the PR: > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/merge_requests/57 > > Cheers, > Nicholas