[Shotwell] Released: Shotwell 0.8.1 - a GNOME Photo Manager

[David Velazquez]

Hi all, is there any word on building Shotwell .8.x for Lucid on the PPA? In
a previous message Adam said this would be done after vacation but the PPA
still appears to have .7 in it. No rush on this if there are still plans to
do it, but if support for Lucid has already been dropped I'd be interested
in official word so I can get on building it from source.

Also, if it has been dropped I'd urge Yorba to reconsider. A large number of
people will still be using Lucid. It's still relatively brand new in the
Ubuntu family and at the breakneck pace Yorba is developing Shotwell many
people will be left out in the cold with no new features or bug fixes. Heck,
with .8 out the door now and .9? tentatively scheduled within the next few
months this situation would be exaggerated even more soon enough. I
certainly understand if this couldn't be done for technical reasons but
would hate to see support dropped for Lucid so young into its lifespan. I'll
readily admit that maybe this isn't as large a concern as it could be since
Shotwell wasn't part of the default installation, but it still kind of sucks
for those users who tried it out early.

On a separate, but related note, how long do you predict being able to
support Ubuntu releases via the PPA? If Lucid support has been dropped a
mere 8 months into its release will Maverick be treated similarly?

Dave

Adam wrote this a few days ago on December 28th (proof I'm really not losing
my mind I guess!)

> 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.



On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Lucas Beeler <lucas at yorba.org> wrote:

> Yorba has released Shotwell 0.8.1, an update to our digital photo
> manager for GNOME. This release provides bug fixes, support for new
> video and RAW formats, and translation updates. We recommend that all
> users upgrade.
>
> You can download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
> http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/
>
> or grab a binary for Ubuntu Maverick via Yorba's Launchpad PPA at:
> https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa
>
> -- Lucas Beeler
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