Re: Roadmap to 1.0

["David Collett" <david collett gmail com>]

I vote +1 rudimentary video support for 1.0 :)

For example:

1. import videos to import dir
2. generate and display thumbnail in place of video (or use thumbnail
generated by camera if present)
3. allow launch of external program (via right-click menu)

Besides the obvious convenience of supporting videos, it would also
fix a fairly serious potential data loss issue for some users. I have
found that I sometimes connect my camera, import using f-spot, and
then deleted everything from the camera to find that I have
inadvertently deleted any videos I made because they weren't imported
:(

Dave

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Michael Wayne Goodman
<goodman m w gmail com> wrote:
> G'day,
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Stephane Delcroix
> <stephane delcroix org> wrote:
>> Hey folks,
>>
>>        You may or may not know that we plan to tag the next big release as
>> 1.0. This will address the recurrent question of "is f-spot stable
>> enough to manage my library ?".
>>
>>        There's some task pending to get there though:
>>
>> Major Coding Tasks:
>> - rework the import process and dialogs
>
> A while ago I wrote a patch to allow customization of the directory
> structure of imported items, which Alessio Gaeta graciously updated.
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329040
>
> Is such behavior (if not this patch) going to be included in the
> import process? While the patch I wrote did not have this, ideally the
> location set in the preferences dialog would be the default, while in
> the import dialog one could choose a one-time-use location if they
> wanted.
>
> While we're at it, there's the video-import patch that me and Silvano
> have put a bit of work into, although it might not cleanly apply now:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166038  Any chance of this
> making it in?
>
>> - move to gio, make others gnome dependencies optional
>> - fix the time and timezone issues
>>
>> Major Testing Tasks:
>> - test the pre-releases on real collections
>>
>> Other Non-Coding Tasks:
>> - refresh the website appearence AND content
>> - propose logo replacement/logo refinement
>> - spread the word about it, speak about it in your local linux conf
>>
>>
>>        Even if this list looks quite short, I won't be able to complete it all
>> by myself in a timely fashion. So, if you were planning to contribute to
>> f-spot in one way or another, this is the right moment to step in.
>>
>>        I will take care of the 3 aforementioned coding tasks. What are YOUR
>> plan to make 1.0 happen ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Stephane
>>
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