Re: Several flaws with importing files from memory cards...

[Lorenzo Milesi <lorenzo milesi yetopen it>]

----- "Hadmut Danisch" <hadmut danisch de> ha scritto:
> Da: "Hadmut Danisch" <hadmut danisch de>
> A: f-spot-list gnome org
> Inviato: Sabato, 4 aprile 2009 20:50:32 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna
> Oggetto: Several flaws with importing files from memory cards...

> - on some of my machines f-spot does not import the files into the
> configured folder (such as ~/Photos), but puts
> them directly into the home directory in flat structure, i.e. without
> directories.

that's quite odd. f-spot uses ~/Photos folder as temporary folder for importing, so it's quite strange that you find files in your home...

> - importing it is significantly slower than a simple cp -a

because importing doesn't mean copying!
while importing f-spot performs some operations on the pic, like duplicate detection and inserting photo properties into the db.

> - If a file with a similar file name exists (e.g. from an aborted copy),
> f-spot just causes error messages and is not able to
>   deal with that case

usually when it finds a picture with the same name a "-1" copy is created. can you reproduce this case and post a f-spot --debug output of the error?

> - detection of dupes does not seem to work properly
> - creating date oriented directory structures does not seem to work

helping with those few informations doesn't seem possible.

> So actually there's lots of problems with the import function. I would
> suggest to rewrite the importing
> completely do deal with those cases...

you're welcome :)

ciao
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