F-Spot

Get Involved

We appreciate all the help that goes into this project to make F-Spot great.

There are many ways to get involved with F-Spot.

But first, it is best if we all use the same terminology.

Develop

F-Spot is written in C# on the Mono (http://go-mono.com/) platform and released under the GNU GPL.

• Check out the to do list, goals, bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=f-spot&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=anywords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=), and new features list for ideas
• Subscribe to mailing list (http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list), join channel #f-spot (irc://irc.gnome.org/#f-spot) on irc.gnome.org, participate in the meetings
• Download the source from GNOME SVN
• Build F-Spot with various commands and tips.
• Read the Mono Coding Guidelines (http://www.mono-project.com/Coding_Guidelines), as well as go through an existing patch review (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/2005-October/msg00044.html)
• Submit patches by opening a bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=f-spot) and attaching them
• Extend F-Spot by writing your own custom extensions
• Read Database documentation
• Read get involved FAQ

Translate

F-Spot is an internationalized program translated into many languages. If you are fluent in a language other than English, we can use your help (http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/).

You can track the translation status of the application and its manual here (http://l10n.gnome.org/module/f-spot).

Document

You can help document F-Spot. This website is a wiki that you can edit. Ask for an account on the mailing list or on IRC. There is also a budding Gnome-based documentation effort. See this thread (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/2006-September/msg00048.html) on the mailing list for information on that effort.

Test patches

There are patches (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/reports/patch-report.cgi?product=f-spot&patch-status=none) attached to some bugs, and the F-Spot team would appreciate help in reviewing and testing these.

Report Problems

F-Spot needs testers and people with a good eye for usability to file bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=f-spot) reports. If you get a crash, please file a bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=f-spot) and attach as detailed stack trace (http://patches.ximian.com/Debugging) as possible.

Novell has done some usability tests on F-Spot and published them at the BetterDesktop project (http://www.betterdesktop.org/welcome/index.php?q=data).

Propose New Ideas

F-Spot has a great list of features already, but to push the cutting edge of photo management, new ideas are always welcome. Please file an enhancement bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=f-spot), e-mail the list, or edit the new features page of this website.

Maintainers

Larry Ewing (http://lewing.org/), Stephane Delcroix (http://www.delcroix.org/), Gabriel Burt (http://gburt.blogspot.com/)

In memory of Ettore Perazzoli.