diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index e69de29..c3d3b3d 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+geeqie-1.0alpha1.tar.gz
diff --git a/geeqie-1.0alpha1-desktop.patch b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-desktop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c7de6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-desktop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Nur geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/geeqie.desktop geeqie-1.0alpha1/geeqie.desktop
+--- geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/geeqie.desktop	2008-04-22 22:05:36.000000000 +0200
++++ geeqie-1.0alpha1/geeqie.desktop	2008-04-26 11:17:34.000000000 +0200
+@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
+ # Startup notification disabled, since the remote -r switch may not open a new window...
+ #StartupNotify=false
+ #StartupWMClass=geeqie
+-Encoding=UTF-8
+-Categories=Application;Graphics;Viewer;
++Categories=Graphics;Viewer;
+ MimeType=application/x-navi-animation;image/bmp;image/x-bmp;image/x-MS-bmp;image/gif;image/x-icon;image/jpeg;image/png;image/x-portable-anymap;image/x-portable-bitmap;image/x-portable-graymap;image/x-portable-pixmap;image/x-cmu-raster;image/x-sun-raster;image/x-tga;image/tiff;image/vnd.wap.wbmp;image/x-xbitmap;image/x-xpixmap;image/svg;image/svg+xml;image/x-png;image/xpm;image/x-ico;image/x-pcx;
diff --git a/geeqie-1.0alpha1-editors.patch b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-editors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a94f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-editors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -Nur geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/src/editors.c geeqie-1.0alpha1/src/editors.c
+--- geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/src/editors.c	2008-04-22 22:05:10.000000000 +0200
++++ geeqie-1.0alpha1/src/editors.c	2008-04-25 18:14:23.000000000 +0200
+@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
+ 
+ static gchar *editor_slot_defaults[GQ_EDITOR_SLOTS * 2] = {
+ 	N_("The Gimp"), "gimp-remote %{.cr2;.crw;.nef;.raw;*}f",
+-	N_("XV"), "xv %f",
+-	N_("Xpaint"), "xpaint %f",
+ 	N_("UFraw"), "ufraw %{.cr2;.crw;.nef;.raw}p",
+ 	N_("Add XMP sidecar"), "%vFILE=%{.cr2;.crw;.nef;.raw}p;XMP=`echo \"$FILE\"|sed -e 's|\\.[^.]*$|.xmp|'`; exiftool -tagsfromfile \"$FILE\" \"$XMP\"",
+ 	NULL, NULL,
+ 	NULL, NULL,
+ 	NULL, NULL,
++	NULL, NULL,
++	NULL, NULL,
+ 	N_("Rotate jpeg clockwise"), "%vif jpegtran -rotate 90 -copy all -outfile %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp %{.jpg;.jpeg}p; then mv %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp %{.jpg;.jpeg}p;else rm %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp;fi",
+ 	N_("Rotate jpeg counterclockwise"), "%vif jpegtran -rotate 270 -copy all -outfile %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp %{.jpg;.jpeg}p; then mv %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp %{.jpg;.jpeg}p;else rm %{.jpg;.jpeg}p_tmp;fi",
+ 	/* special slots */
diff --git a/geeqie-1.0alpha1-print-pagesize.patch b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-print-pagesize.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46a0f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geeqie-1.0alpha1-print-pagesize.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -Nur geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/src/print.c geeqie-1.0alpha1/src/print.c
+--- geeqie-1.0alpha1-orig/src/print.c	2008-04-22 22:05:10.000000000 +0200
++++ geeqie-1.0alpha1/src/print.c	2008-04-25 18:16:25.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1111,7 +1111,6 @@
+ 	fprintf(f, "%%%%Title:\n");
+ 
+ 	/* setup page size, coordinates (do we really need this?) */
+-#if 0
+ 	fprintf(f, "<<\n");
+ 	fprintf(f, "/PageSize [%f %f]\n", pw->layout_width, pw->layout_height);
+ 	fprintf(f, "/ImagingBBox [%f %f %f %f]\n", /* l b r t */
+@@ -1120,7 +1119,6 @@
+ 	fprintf(f, "/Orientation %d\n",
+ 		(pw->paper_orientation == PAPER_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) ? 0 : 1);
+ 	fprintf(f, ">> setpagedevice\n");
+-#endif
+ 
+ 	ret = !pipe_handler_check(pe);
+ 	pipe_handler_free(pe);
diff --git a/geeqie.spec b/geeqie.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acc33ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geeqie.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+%define upstreamversion 1.0alpha1
+
+Summary: Image browser and viewer
+Name: geeqie
+Version: 1.0
+Release: 0.4.alpha1%{?dist}
+License: GPLv2
+Group: User Interface/X
+Source: http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/geeqie/%{name}-%{upstreamversion}.tar.gz
+Patch1: geeqie-1.0alpha1-desktop.patch
+Patch2: geeqie-1.0alpha1-editors.patch
+# bz 222639
+Patch3: geeqie-1.0alpha1-print-pagesize.patch
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+URL: http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/
+BuildRequires: gtk2-devel >= 2.4.0
+BuildRequires: lcms-devel
+BuildRequires: exiv2-devel
+BuildRequires: gettext desktop-file-utils
+
+# Something for the future:
+# Replace GQView last stable release in Fedora space,
+# plus allow for it to return if a higher version.
+# Stalled upstream GQView development is at 2.1.5.
+#Obsoletes: gqview <= 2.0.4
+
+%description
+*** This software is currently in alpha state ***
+
+Geeqie has been forked from the GQview project with the goal of picking up
+development and integrating patches. It is an image viewer for browsing
+through graphics files. Its many features include single click file
+viewing, support for external editors, previewing images using thumbnails,
+and zoom.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{upstreamversion}
+%patch1 -p1 -b .desktop
+%patch2 -p1 -b .editors
+%patch3 -p1 -b .print-pagesize
+
+
+%build
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} INSTALL="install -p" install
+
+# We want these _docdir files in GQ_HELPDIR.
+install -p -m 0644 AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO \
+    ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{upstreamversion}
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{upstreamversion}/ChangeLog
+
+[ ! -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop ] && exit 1
+desktop-file-install \
+    --delete-original \
+    --vendor fedora \
+    --dir ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications \
+    ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+
+%find_lang %name
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%post
+update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
+
+
+%postun
+update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
+
+
+%files -f %{name}.lang
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc %{_datadir}/doc/%{name}*
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
+%{_datadir}/applications/fedora-%{name}.desktop
+
+
+%changelog
+* Thu May  8 2008 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-0.4.alpha1
+- scriptlets: run update-desktop-database without path
+- drop dependency on desktop-file-utils
+- drop ChangeLog file as it's too low-level
+
+* Fri Apr 25 2008 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-0.3.alpha1
+- package GQview fork "geeqie 1.0alpha1" based on Fedora gqview.spec
+- BR lcms-devel exiv2-devel
+- update -desktop and -editors patch
+- update spec file with more dir macros
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..6a30e56 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8e4838018b597cb6df056959ccf1ba45  geeqie-1.0alpha1.tar.gz