Thanks to Groklaw for the headsup on this one. Fedora 13 was officially released several days ago and in the release notes one can find the following changes for desktop users.
4.1.7. Shotwell replaces Gthumb and F-Spot as default photo organizer Shotwell is a free and open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment and has replaced Gthumb and F-Spot by default in Fedora 13.
Canonical did the same thing in Ubuntu 10.10, possibly in Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 as well.
At Groklaw this is summarised as “Shotwell Replaces Gthumb and F-Spot as Photo Organizer in Fedora 13″ and Pamela Jones adds that “Shotwell is written in Vala.
FSF’s epic statement from last year.
– from techrights.org