Shotwell 0.7.2 Released, How to Install Shotwell 0.7.2 in Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick

As you guys should know already, Shotwell is now the default photo manager for Ubuntu 10.10 instead of F-Spot. Yorba has released Shotwell 0.7.2 with a number of bug fixes and improvements. The latest update is available via ppa for Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick.

What's New in Shotwell 0.7.2

• Major startup problem when the user's Pictures directory is actually a symbolic link is now fixed.

• Fixed potential crasher when the user's Pictures directory contains a large number of subdirectories.

• Fixed update problem when using an external editor on a photo that was edited externally in an earlier session.

• Yorba has also released an update to gexiv2 0.2.1 library which is a requirement for Shotwell. This update fixes a bug where a photo file with malformed EXIF could cause a crash.
  

Install or Upgrade to Shotwell 0.7.2 in Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick

• Latest Shotwell 0.7.2 is available in Yorba PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

• Now if you haven't installed Shotwell, do the following after installing Yorba PPA.

sudo apt-get install shotwell

• Done.