[Shotwell] Shotwell 0.8.1

[Jim Nelson]

Hello all,

Since our release of Shotwell 0.8.0 we've had reports come in regarding some
nasty bugs and some easy-to-add updates.  We're in the process of committing
fixes and shipping an 0.8.1 version soon.

Specifically, I'm talking about the following critters:

Fixed (in branch and trunk):
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3030 - Support 3GP video
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3033 - Segfault importing JPEG
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3050 - Build with Vala 0.10.2
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3056 - Support Samsung SRW RAW files
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3057 - Video metadata issues w/ certain MP4
files

Possibly fixed (waiting for confirmation of fix from reporter, or anyone who
has this problem):
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3014 - Segfault when writing metadata to file

Not yet fixed:
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3041 - Import freezes on an MPEG file
* http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/3020 - Segfault at startup

Regarding this last bug (#3020), as I cannot reproduce this here, I need a
community member who experiences this problem to try building Shotwell with
a patch I've written.  If it fixes the problem, I can commit.  The patch is
attached to the ticket.

I've merged changes from branch into trunk, so if you're running from trunk,
you should see these fixes when you next update.  If you'd like to try what
will soon be 0.8.1, follow the instructions here:

http://yorba.org/shotwell/install/#source

However, instead of pulling from trunk, I encourage you to use the branch
build, which is what will be packaged:

$ svn co svn://svn.yorba.org/shotwell/branches/shotwell-0.8

Since this is pre-release software, you might consider backing up your
library before starting:

http://trac.yorba.org/wiki/Shotwell/FAQ#HowcanIbackupmyShotwelllibrary

Cheers,

-- Jim