On 22/08/06, Stephane Delcroix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I need to keep my development version of Fspot seperate from my > > 'real' version, I'd like to know specifically what needs testing. Does > > anybody have a 'work-out' that they do to new Fspot builds that goes > > through all the features? If so, then email me so that I will know > > what to start doing. My regular use will be on the stable Fspot, so > > knowing what steps to take on the development version will help me > > test it. > > Hi Dotan, > > You can have multiple versions of F-Spot on the same machine. Check out > http://f-spot.org/How_To_Build on how to run f-spot uninstalled. > You can also choose to run f-spot on an alternate db and with an other > Photos directory using http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344361 > We all hope that this will reach CVS soon, so it will ease the testings. > > For my part, I don't use --uninstalled or alternate photos db. I run all > my tests under a different user. You can do it with su in an xterm or a > new login in nested windows. And when I need to use a stable f-spot on > my pictures, I redo a 'make install' from the unpatched source > directory. > > Hope it helps > > Stephane >
I like the idea of using a different user. I will do that. Thanks for the tip! Dotan Cohen http://dotancohen.com _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
