Re: Managing imports and archives

[Lorenzo Milesi <lorenzo milesi yetopen it>]

Bill Moseley ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> When importing from a directory how does f-spot determine if the photo
> has already been imported?
>   
It won't. The photo will be imported again. There is a request for a
duplicate finder on bugzilla.
> If I import a photo can I "delete" the photo but have f-spot remember
> it so it's not imported again (say if the image is still on my
> camera)?
>   
Again, no, sorry.
> How does f-spot decide on the directory structure when copying the
> files to the photos directory?  Does it look at the file data or the
> exif data?
>   
Exif data.
> I tend to import all my photos to my laptop and then rsync to a
> desktop for backup and viewing.  My laptop has limited disk space.
> Any way to "archive" photos so that f-spot still remembers them (and
> the thumbnail) but the actual photo is not on the laptop drive any
> longer?
>   
The thumbnails are remembered, because it uses gnome's standard thumbs
(.thumbnails/large IIRC), which are "local".
Actually there's no archive function implemented. There's a request for
that on bugzilla!
> I'll rsync the sqlite database to the desktop machine, too.  I assume
> there's no way to be able to edit photos on both machines and then
> "merge" the changes.
>   
Have a look at Conduit. It should support F-Spot, though I don't know at
what stage.
http://conduit-project.org/wiki/SyncStatus
> Can f-spot use another database besides sqlite?  (i.e. Postgresql)?
>   
No...


Please report your experience about usage on multiple computers and
Conduit. We may add it on the FAQ page.
Ciao!

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