Shotwell in Lucid

[rikona]

Hello sktsee,

Thursday, May 5, 2011, 7:30:12 AM, sktsee wrote:

s> On Wed, 04 May 2011 21:41:42 -0700, rikona wrote:

s> [snip]

>> Thanks for the encouragement. I'd like to know if anyone has done that
>> without trouble. [Or am I the Guinea Pig... :-) ]
>> 
>> 
s> It's the PPA of the developers of Shotwell. Currently, Shotwell is
s> the default image organizer program in Ubuntu and other distros.
s> That's a coveted position for a FOSS project looking to garner
s> users and other devs wanting to contribute. I think it would be
s> safe to assume that the Shotwell devs aren't going release packages
s> that get the reputation of trashing systems. Of course, bugs happen
s> and anytime you start installing software from third-parties you
s> can increase the chance of something going wrong. That's why you
s> should perform some due diligence before installing from a 3rd
s> party source. Hell, it doesn't hurt to perform some due diligence
s> even before installing something from Ubuntu (hello to all the
s> Maverick to Natty upgraders out there :) ) 

A VERY interesting perspective that I was not aware of. And yes, I am
adequately nervous about installing non-repo software, as you probably
noticed. :-))

s>> However, the Yorba Shotwell page also links to a FAQ which mentions
>> s> this PPA https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/shotwell as s>
>> one that provides the very latest version, 0.9.3, for Lucid.
>> 
>> This "guaranteed to break your computer" site was recommended by other
>> sites as well.
>> 
s> Actually, the one you are referring to is his Experimental branch
s> https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/experimental. The one
s> I am referring to is
s> https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/shotwell which I
s> erroneously stated provided the latest version, 0.9.3, when
s> actually it's the next to latest, 0.9.2. Sorry for the mixup.

Not your fault - I think I got there from recommendations on other
sites, and I didn't realize the difference you noted.

s> I took a look at the Package list for this Shotwell PPA
s> here:http://
s> ppa.launchpad.net/flexiondotorg/shotwell/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-
s> i386/Packages. Out of the 15 packages listed, only six packages
s> will be updated from the PPA assuming that your system already had
s> the dependencies of those packages installed. Quickly glancing at
s> the dependency lines of those six packages, nothing stood out to me
s> as a program or library that wouldn't already be installed on your
s> system. 

s> That said, I think installing from the Yorba PPA would be your
s> safest bet if you choose to updgrade Shotwell.

From your detailed explanation, I would agree. I'll be the Guinea
Pig... :-)

General question - If I try it and it works OK, is it a good idea to
post that on the list so others will know, or is that considered a
waste of list space since there was no 'problem'?

>> I really appreciate your detailed response that answered most of my
>> questions.

s> You're welcome.

And again MANY thanks for yet another detailed response!

-- 

 rikona