[Shotwell] Call for testing

[naren]

Ah, sure enough there is the +trunk. Since I was looking for the version, I
guess I sub-consciously filtered out the non numeric characters on that
page!


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Jim Nelson <jim at yorba.org> wrote:

> It should say 0.7.2+trunk.  But if you're seeing the Play Video command, I
> suspect you're running the right version.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:14 AM, naren <naren.salem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the wiki, I have got it compiled and I am testing it. I noticed
>> that the about box still says, 0.7.2 for the version... or did I get the
>> wrong source? I see the menu item for "Play Video" so I am guessing this
>> is
>> the correct branch.
>>
>> =
>> Naren
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Adam Dingle <adam at yorba.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 12/11/2010 06:14 AM, Andrea Carpani wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 12/11/2010 04:35 AM, Jim Nelson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> We've been working diligently on Shotwell 0.8 and are looking to begin
>> >>> wrapping up this release.  Several exciting features have been added
>> as
>> >>> well
>> >>> smaller additions and bug fixes.  This release includes such features
>> as:
>> >>>
>> >>> * Video support, including uploading videos to various Web services
>> >>> (including YouTube)
>> >>> * Runtime monitoring and auto-import of the library directory
>> >>> * Metadata (tags, titles, rating) written to master files
>> automatically
>> >>> * Flagging files for batch operations
>> >>> * Set multiple photos to desktop background slideshow
>> >>> * ... and more!
>> >>>
>> >> I've built trunk successfully (Ubuntu Maverick, no additional
>> libraries)
>> >> and I'll be happy to test it, but on my laptop I'm already using the
>> >> "Maverick" version of shotwell: is there a way I can test the trunk
>> side
>> >> by side the stable shotwell?
>> >>
>> >> I've installed the trunk on a separate directory and I know I can
>> change
>> >> the datadir with -d option, but what about cgonf preferences? Is there
>> a
>> >> way I can start the trunk without polluting the "stable" conf?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Not at this time.  You can run two versions of Shotwell side by side and
>> > they will share the same GConf keys, and this should be mostly OK.  Both
>> > versions, however, will have the same library directory (specified via
>> > "Import photos to:" in the preferences dialog).  This means that any
>> photos
>> > you import from a camera into one version will be visible in the other.
>>  You
>> > should also be aware that the trunk version of Shotwell will write
>> metadata
>> > to photo files if you tell it to, so if you're sharing photos between
>> > Shotwell 0.7.2 and Shotwell trunk then the trunk build may be writing to
>> > files in your 0.7.2 library.  We think this is reasonably safe today,
>> but
>> > it's still a trunk build - caveat emptor.  :)
>> >
>> > In the future, we may store a separate import directory for each profile
>> > (i.e. data directory), or even an entirely separate set of GConf keys
>> for
>> > each profile; see http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2146 .  This would
>> reduce
>> > the potential interaction between two versions running side by side if
>> you
>> > use a separate profile for each version.
>> >
>> > adam
>> >
>> >
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