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Announcements, GNOME, Shotwell

Shotwell and GNOME 3

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Earlier today I created a new branch in the Shotwell git repository called “gtk3”.  This branch holds a version of Shotwell that builds successfully under GTK+/GDK 3.

Due to time and resource constraints, we don’t have plans to have a GNOME 3 version of Shotwell ready for its 0.11 release.  The gtk3 branch will be maintained and updated through the 0.11 cycle to keep it from straying too far from the trunk.  At some point (most likely during 0.12 development) we’ll merge it back into trunk.  At that point, Shotwell will be a GNOME 3 application.

Although Shotwell compiles and runs under GNOME 3, there are some notable outstanding bugs.  The ticket title is prefixed with [gtk3] to distinguish them from bugs that cross both versions.  The GTK+3-specific issues include:

http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3455 – Port to GTK+3 (this is the umbrella ticket for the complete task)
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3869 – [gtk3] Histogram not drawn correctly
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3870 – [gtk3] Horizontal scrollbar appears in checkerboard pages
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3871 – [gtk3] No text in publish progress bar
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3872 – [gtk3] Verify I18N
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3873 – [gtk3] Search bar problems
http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3874 – [gtk3] Basic Information pane has no border

We encourage anyone who’s interested in the future of Shotwell under GNOME 3 to try out this git branch.  To download from our repository:

$ git clone git://yorba.org/shotwell
$ cd shotwell
$ git checkout gtk3
$ ./configure
$ make

You can run Shotwell from the build directory or “make install” to run from its installed location.

To reiterate, this branch is under active development and not slated for the 0.11 release.  In other words, use at your own risk.  It’s worth taking the time to back up your Shotwell database before use:

http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/shotwell/wiki/ShotwellFAQ#Backup

If you do find a bug or an issue, please let us know by reporting it to our Redmine server:

http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/shotwell/issues/new

If the bug seems to be GTK+3-specific, please prefix the ticket title with [gtk3].  Thanks!

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.10.1 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.10.1 of Shotwell, an update to our digital photo organizer. This is a bug fix release; we recommend all users update.

Changelog:

  • Fixes “Hide Photos Already Imported”
  • Multiple editing bugs fixed
  • Resolves crash when two or more cameras have the same name
  • Documentation now includes saved searches
  • Piwigo bugs fixed
  • Translation updates

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries for Ubuntu Natty and Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.10 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.10 of Shotwell, our digital photo organizer.  This release includes the following changes:

  • Dynamic view of photo library through saved search feature
  • Automatic database backup
  • Adjust date/time for videos
  • Added Valadate testing framework
  • Shotwell video thumbnailer eliminates Totem dependency
  • Crop tool is now more flexible
  • Filenames no longer used as titles on Facebook and Picasa uploads
  • Translation corrections
  • Many bug fixes
Creating a search

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries of both packages for Ubuntu Natty and Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.9.3 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.9.3 of Shotwell, an update to our digital photo organizer. This is a bug fix release; we recommend all users update.

Changelog:

  • Resolves issue where setting the desktop background didn’t work in Gnome3
  • Mimics are now deleted when a RAW photo is removed
  • Event dates are now only shown once in the Event view
  • Fixes a number of translation issues

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries of both packages for Ubuntu Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.9.2 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.9.2 of Shotwell, an update to our digital photo
organizer. This is a bug fix release that fixes a translation issue and several critical publishing bugs. We recommend all users update.

Changelog:

  • Resolves translation issue where shotwell.mo is installed in wrong location
  • Fixes issue where cancelling Flickr upload can crash Shotwell
  • Fixes issue where creating a Picasa Web album with an ampersand in the name crashes Shotwell
  • Resolves bug where selecting “Publish” in single photo mode publishes the entire library instead of the selected photo
  • Async I/O in publishing operations is now stopped when the user cancels the operation
  • Issue fixed on Fedora where the text was cut off in publishing dialog
  • Fixes issue with ratings filter where it didn’t function when the search bar was hidden

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries of both packages for Ubuntu Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa

Announcements, Shotwell

Shotwell 0.9.1 Released

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Yorba has released version 0.9.1 of Shotwell, our digital photo organizer. This release fixes numerous issues, including several critical publishing bugs. We recommend all users update.

Changelog:

  • Fixes many crashes and other issues in publishing plugins. 
  • Fixes issues where paths and filenames are not displayed correctly after a
    failed import. 
  • Fixed issue where text search in event and camera import pages was a string
    match instead of a keyword match. 
  • For enhanced compatibility with GNOME 3, the desktop name of the Shotwell
    application has changed from “Shotwell Photo Manager” to simply “Shotwell”. 
  • Shotwell now provides a configure script option to set the name of the system
    library directory to either lib or lib64. 
  • Enhanced visibility of red-eye reticle.
  • Fixed issue where the Adjust palette could be positioned partially off-screen
  • Plugins now respect –debug switch in configure script.
  • The event containing undated photos could be incorrectly labeled “(null)” in
    the events directory page.

Download a source tarball from the Shotwell home page at:
http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/

Binaries of both packages for Ubuntu Maverick are available at Yorba’s Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa