Re: F-Spot Goals: Status

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 22/08/06, Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org> wrote:
> > As I need to keep my development version of Fspot seperate from my
> > 'real' version, I'd like to know specifically what needs testing. Does
> > anybody have a 'work-out' that they do to new Fspot builds that goes
> > through all the features? If so, then email me so that I will know
> > what to start doing. My regular use will be on the stable Fspot, so
> > knowing what steps to take on the development version will help me
> > test it.
>
> Hi Dotan,
>
> You can have multiple versions of F-Spot on the same machine. Check out
> http://f-spot.org/How_To_Build on how to run f-spot uninstalled.
> You can also choose to run f-spot on an alternate db and with an other
> Photos directory using http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344361
> We all hope that this will reach CVS soon, so it will ease the testings.
>
> For my part, I don't use --uninstalled or alternate photos db. I run all
> my tests under a different user. You can do it with su in an xterm or a
> new login in nested windows. And when I need to use a stable f-spot on
> my pictures, I redo a 'make install' from the unpatched source
> directory.
>
> Hope it helps
>
> Stephane

I like the idea of using a different user. I will do that. Thanks for the tip!

Dotan Cohen
http://dotancohen.com