Shotwell in Lucid

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:41 AM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hello Lucio,
>
> Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 3:04:52 PM, Lucio wrote:
>
> LMN> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:02 PM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>>> Running Lucid. Noticed Shotwell will be the default photo mgr in new
>>> releases - also looks pretty good, so thought I'd get a head start
>>> learning it. The Shotwell version in the repos is quite old [0.5].
>>> There is a newer backport in a PPA that states NOT to use it because
>>> it is "guaranteed to break your computer". Hmmm...
>>>
>>> Has anyone running Lucid used a later version without 'breaking the
>>> computer'? If so, where was it?
>>>
>>> The PPA also backports several other pkgs - is this the reason it
>>> breaks stuff?
>>>
>>> If I do try the gamble, and it breaks stuff, how can I recover to
>>> where I was?
>>>
>
> LMN> Perhaps you could enable Shotwell PPA repo for Lucid -
>
> LMN> https://launchpad.net/~yorba/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=lucid
>
> LMN>  - upgrade to release 0.7.2-1~lucid1 and test it.
>
> I saw that reference. A few sites recommended going to a later
> release, so I kept looking.
>
> LMN> If it does not behave properly, you could remove it,
>
> Apparently it also upgrades several other packages. If I remove it,
> does that also reinstall the older versions of ALL the other updated
> pkgs, or will I be left with trouble?
>
> LMN> I imagine it couldn't do any harm, but I may be wrong.
>
> I was worried about the other pkgs that also need to be replaced. It
> seemed to me that that could cause problems - is that not correct?

Rikona,

Since I'm not running 10.04 anymore, I cannot assure you, but I guess
that installing 0.7.2-1~lucid1 the way I suggested might be safe. Have
you considered the possibility of upgrading to Maverick?

L.



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