Re: Managing imports and archives

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

Hey,

On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 08:46 +0200, Lorenzo Milesi wrote:
> 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.
a bit wrong... when importing from folder, f-spot do already do a quick
and simple dup detection based on filename and destination directory
(i.e. the date)

> > 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.
no, f-spot doesn't keep history of removed pictures.

> > 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!
>