Goal #3: item 'Photos dir'

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

Hi all,

I started to investigate on a part of the third goal grouping 2 items,
best known under the Photos directory. The goal include the 2 following
bugs:
344361 – Need to be able to select new photo repository from the command
line (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344361)
337250 – Option to rename "Photos" directory and how it is organized
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337250)

and I also add this, since it's a dup (but not closed yet since it
contains a patch):

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325166

To make it short:
- 325166 is about having the Photos dir stored in GConf and modified
with the Preferences panel
- 337250 is about having Photos dir and dp path in gconf, no UI
- 344361 is about overriding both Photos dir and db path via the
commandline

My thoughts:
- it's *not* a good idea to let the user change the db path while f-spot
is running, so we should'nt set this parameter via the Preferences panel
or via Gconf
- it's safe to change the Photos dir (read Import dir) when F-Spot is
running, and users wants to be able to change it
- overriding Photos dir and dp path should'nt change the defaults in
gconf. With that, the user will be able to manage multiple
photo-collections.

I will now review the different patches and merge them in one

Share your opinions about my thoughts...

regards,

Stephane


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Stephane Delcroix
stephane delcroix org