Re: change in storage directory: a bug?

[David Stahl <othernerd gmail com>]

Thanks, done!

Bug: 452476
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452476

-D

Stephane Delcroix wrote:
> it's a bug... pls report it on bugzilla
>
> regards
>
> s
>
> On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 19:24 -0400, David Stahl wrote:
> > I just noticed something and I'm not sure if it's related:
> >
> > I'm also using Ubuntu Feisty. In the previous version of F-Spot 
> > (whichever one came with Edgy Eft) I was accustomed to dragging an image 
> > to F-Spot and F-Spot would copy it into ~/Photos/... and finish the import.
> >
> > With the new version, that no longer seems to happen. When I drag a 
> > photo it is imported and left to stay where it was (it is not copied to 
> > ~/Photos). Was that behavior changed or do I have a bad setting somewhere?
> >
> > -D
> >
> > Emanuele Olivetti wrote:
> > > Don't worry it's all ok. I was just reporting for sake of
> > > bug hunting and F-Spot improvement. The issue is
> > > definitely reasonable after your explanation.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for the wonderful F-Spot!
> > >
> > > Emanuele
> > >
> > > Stephane Delcroix wrote:
> > > > Hi Emanuele,
> > > >
> > > > First, it's totally ok to have multiple base directories, don't worry
> > > > with that.
> > > >
> > > > And about the change, I'd say it's a necessary pain... At a moment in
> > > > time, we had to start doing that thing right (I mean create it once and
> > > > keep that location in the preferences). Before that, we had no way of
> > > > telling what was the default import folder, so no way to warn that it
> > > > changed...
> > > >
> > > > sorry about that
> > > >
> > > > s
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 11:30 +0200, Emanuele Olivetti wrote:
> > > >   
> > > > > I upgraded to f-spot 0.3.5 (provided by ubuntu feisty fawn) from 0.2.?
> > > > > (the one in edgy eft) but at the first import the new pictures were put in
> > > > > ~/Foto/ directory and not in ~/Photos/ where I have all my archive. Note
> > > > > that my Linux installation is in Italian but before the upgrade F-spot never
> > > > > changed directory Photos->Foto . I solved by removing all the new pictures,
> > > > > then going to preferences and setting again ~/Photos/ as default. Note that
> > > > > there was no warning about this and it's not trivial for users to catch it
> > > > > (I noticed the changed during a backup...).
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it expeceted that recent versions of F-Spot decides to change the default
> > > > > storage directory to something locale-dependent (without notifying)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Note that F-Spot 0.3.5 behaved correctly showing both pictures coming from
> > > > > ~/Photos/ and from ~/Foto/ all together. But I believe that this mixed
> > > > > stated
> > > > > is something to avoid. Or not?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > >
> > > > > Emanuele
> > > > >
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