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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
