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<span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small;float:none;display:inline">Hello:</span><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">I am interested in working on Digikam. In particular, I would like to contribute effort in the short-term toward:</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">- PostgreSQL support</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">- GUI support for multiple network share IDs</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">- Potentially other misc. improvements that benefit Linux <-> Windows library sharing </div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">I am attempting to get set up to compile the Digikam master branch on a recent Ubuntu installation ,but am running into various dependency related issues (after apt-get build-dep digikam, manual dependency downloads/installation are needed - for example, the newer version of exiv2, which is only available in the debian experimental repository).</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"> </div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">I was starting to go through the dependency list and manually install everything, but at this point I'm a bit concerned that I'll end up with a build environment that conflicts with the current working environments of the active maintainers.</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">Would it be possible for an existing contributor to suggest on the ideal environment to build the current master branch? Is doing a fresh installation of everything from the DEPENDENCIES list on a non-Ubuntu distribution the best way to make sure my environment is consistent? The Linux installation I'm using is to be dedicated to Digikam, so whichever setup is ideal is fine. </div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:small">Thanks in advance. </div>

<br><div>-MA</div></div>