Re: My top Goal list

["Marcus Hast" <marcushast gmail com>]

On 8/28/06, Thomas PARIS <mercen mercen org> wrote:
> On Sun Aug 27 at 19:39 (+0200), Marcus Hast wrote:
> > * Import RAW+JPEG. I would like if my RAW+JPEG shots were
> > automagically imported as one image. The RAW would be the original
> > image and the JPEG would be a version of it.

> I had a look at this and it's not as easy as it seems, because of how
> versions are handled at the moment. I think the right way to do this
> would be to first start handling versions using XMP metadata (the spec
> defines a field precisely for that purpose) and then make the JPG a
> version of the RAW.

I haven't looked at how versions are implemented now, but does it
really make sense to have this information in the images? It seems
like it would make more sense to have it in the database, possibly
with the option to write out to images for compatability.

Also from the XMP specification it seems like it supports branching
and "global history" for files. (History means AFAIK that information
about all other versions is stored in each version of the file.) Is
this supported by F-Spot today?

/Marcus