[Shotwell] Shotwell Digest, Vol 17, Issue 32

[Bruno Girin]

Chris,

The Ubuntu PPA is in addition to everything you suggest below and
allows Ubuntu users to use a version of Shotwell that is newer than
the one in the release they use: for example, Ubuntu 10.10 includes
Shotwell 0.7 but through the PPA the users who want to can now install
0.8. At the same time, the Yorba team are busy making sure that 0.8
(or even 0.9) is shipped via the standard distro repositories in time
for 11.04. Besides, getting newer versions to advanced users through a
PPA means more users taking that version through its paces and finding
bugs prior to releasing the software to the main repositories.

In the case of Fedora, the Yorba team are also making sure that the
next release will include 0.8.

For other distros, package maintainers are welcome to get the source
from SVN, as detailed in the installation instructions (which also
specifies dependencies, see the "Generic Linux" option):
http://yorba.org/shotwell/install/

Providing rpm or deb packages or a tarball would provide more options
for users of other distros but I'm not sure how much it would help
those users compared to what is currently offered. If it does make it
easier for users of other distros to install Shotwell then, yes, it
should be done.

Cheers,

Bruno


On 29 December 2010 05:20, Chris Game <chrisgame at pobox.com> wrote:
> This focus on Ubuntu packages and ppas is all very well but what
> about users of other mainstream distros e.g. Debian? And why push
> packages out through a ppa when there is a perfectly standard route of
> releasing through distro repositories? Looking after several ppas when
> updating systems is a pain for users. I suggest you publish packages
> for deb and rpm distros and a tarball for the rest with clear install
> and dependency information on your website (as for instance dropbox
> does). If distros want to include Shotwell in their default install,
> the package maintainer/integrator for the distro should ensure the
> latest version is included. In the case of Debian there is the
> 'experimental' distro for any developer to add their stuff
> (currently it contains version 0.7 something).
>
> Regds, Chris
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, shotwell-request at lists.yorba.org wrote:
>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:17:49 -0500
>> From: Adam Dingle <adam at yorba.org>
>> To: David Velazquez <david.velazquez08 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "shotwell at lists.yorba.org" <shotwell at lists.yorba.org>,      Levente
>>        Torok <toroklev at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Shotwell] shotwell doesn't start up
>> Message-ID:
>>        <AANLkTimqTt9nmkd7bDeZ+NY7v3_U_tyCCq5rVuGdxLUj at mail.gmail.com>
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>>
>> A couple of clarifications:
>>
>> The Shotwell PPA currently contains Shotwell 0.8 for Ubuntu 10.10
>> (Maverick), but only Shotwell 0.7 for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).  We plan to
>> update the PPA within the next week to include Shotwell 0.8 for Lucid as
>> well.
>>
>> I fully expect that Ubuntu will include Shotwell 0.8 in Natty within the
>> next couple of weeks.  We're planning to release Shotwell 0.9 in March,
>> and
>> our plan is for 0.9 to be included in the final releases of both Ubuntu
>> 11.04 (Natty) and Fedora 15.
>>
>> adam
>>
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