Bug#1100616: gnome-snapshot: please consider adding libcamera-ipa to the Recommends

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM Matthias Geiger <werdahias at riseup.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:29, Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> wrote:
> >Matthias, what do you think about also adding a Recommends:
> >libspa-0.2-libcamera ? Maybe libcamera-v4l2 too.
> >
> >See https://launchpad.net/bugs/2102108
> >
> Hi,
> I read above report but it's not really clear to me. libcamera-ipa makes
> sense since linux mobile phones need it; but libspa-0.2-libcamera is, if
> I understood correctly, only needed for some models enabling their
> camera via libcamera ?
> If that's the case, sure, let's recommend it.

I am very fuzzy on what the different packages of libcamera do. I
don't have a computer new enough to need it for my webcam. But yes, it
sounds like libspa-0.2-libcamera and libcamera-v4l2 may be needed for
some webcams to work in the Snapshot app.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha