Open Source and Other Things
Flickr is upgrading their API authentication mechanism to OAuth 1.0, and they’re removing the old Flickr Auth by July 31st this year.
It means that current version of Nautilus Flickr Uploader will stop working, so I’ve added OAuth support (the code it’s in the git repo, and I’d like to make a release tomorrow).
I’ll update the package for Fedora 15 and 16 (if you’re using the repository, you don’t need to do anything at all), and any user of the previous Fedora versions will need to upgrade from source code.
The new OAuth code required changing some strings, so most of the translations are now incomplete:
Finally I stopped using Transifex. It doesn’t work for me anymore and I can’t make it work (is git support gone?), so I think is better to stop using it completely to avoid people sending translations for outdated files.
The bad thing of not using Transifex is that helping with the translations is not as friendly as it used to be. If you’re a git or GitHub user… you know what to do, but if you don’t know what I’m talking about but still want to help… just download the .po file you want to translate (click on the language file and then “Save As” in the raw link), fill the gaps and send it to me by mail. Thanks!
I want to release 0.11 as soon as possible, but I can push a minor release later with some extra translations.
If you want to see how the new OAuth user interface looks like, you can check this video: Nautilus Flickr Uploader and OAuth.
Today I installed the shiny new Fedora release, and said goodbye to Fedora 14, which was in my humble opinion the best Linux distribution I have ever used (oh, I’ve been in F16 for just a couple of hours, and the artwork based on Jules Verne theme it’s a good start: really awesome).
After installing the usual stuff (RPM Fusion it’s very important in this laptop, because I need their non-free packages so my Broadcom wireless works!), the only bit I’ve found confusing is the spell-check support. I had to install hunspell-es and hunspell-en packages (enchant is required too, but it was already installed) to have spell-checking in all the input boxes. That wasn’t obvious and Evolution’s documentation put me in the right path.
I played a bit with Gnome Tweak Tool, mainly because the default fonts are too big for my resolution (1366×768), and changed the icon theme to the Fedora one (not important, but it’ll help me to feel at home).
I made packages for Nautilus Flickr Uploader, and setted up a repository for Fedora 16.
It works as expected, because I already made some changes in previous released to be sure it’ll work fine on Gnome 3. I’m thinking about looking for a better name and performing a serious facelift, now that we’re close to 1000 registered users (according to Flick API information, Nautilus Flickr Uploader has been there for a while).
So far I have a good feeling about this release. Everything feels fast and pleasantly sleek, and the installation and migration of all my data it’s been really fast: less than two hours and I have a full functional work environment.
I’m not completely sure that I’ll fit in Gnome 3, but I’m current again! I’ll try my best to understand why things are the way they are, and contribute to the extent of my possibilities.
Congratulations to all the Fedora team for a impressive release!
