Re: f-spot-import and the timezone workaround

[Paul Wellner Bou <paul purecodes org>]

Hi,

> Does it offer a choice about time handling or does it just removes it
> all together ?

It just removes all date shiftings in F-Spot. No dates will be converted 
to UTC or to local times (except the dates of the import rolls, which 
are stored in UTC in the f-spot db). The point is: Don't modify photo 
dates without storing the time information! Because if you do, you'll 
shift the times several times on reimporting in f-spot (and/or other 
apps). (So F-Spot isn't creating a vendor, but an application lock for 
the user as it is not possible to use other applications showing 
metadata if you want them to show the time.)

In my opinion F-Spot's time handling bugs should be fixed _before_ 
implementing any other functionality. So I would fix it similar to this 
branch, and then implement a time zone handling, which would include a) 
a field in the db storing the time zone and b) a possibility to adjust 
the time zone together with the date time in the adjust time dialog (and 
eventually a time zone choice on importing, too).

> Does anyone know if such a fix has a chance to enter the main branch soon ?

Hopefully. There are some discussions going on regarding this topic, for 
three years yet. Unfortunately the "don't touch the time" way of doing 
was rejected and I have no idea what an acceptable alternative 
would/should look like.

Regards
Paul.