[Shotwell] We want your feedback: user-configurable directory structure

[Kent Tenney]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Eric Gregory <eric at yorba.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're working on an often-requested new feature, a user configurable
> directory structure, and would like community feedback on how this would
> best suit your needs.
>
> This feature allows you to set a directory structure for your photos instead
> of being forced to use Shotwell's default.
>
> For now, we're wondering if we want to support hard-coded options only, for
> example, we might have the following options:
> YYYY/MM/DD
> YYYY/MM-DD
> YYYY/MM
> YYYY_MM_DD
>
> Perhaps there's others you'd like to see?

Not sure if I follow, but ... I have many years of photos in a directory
structure I've evolved, and has meaning to me, so I import "In Place"
("importing in place" sounds like an oxymoron to me) ... links aren't involved
... I choose not to duplicate all the files.

I would like the option of the tree panel showing _my_ directory structure.
Currently, structure is only time-based: "Events" (which I'd call something
more like "Timeline") I'm thinking of structure reflecting "Location" where
Location consists of directories, some time-based, some project-based some
source-based ...

I think Shotwell intends tags to provide the structure I'm describing, and
they probably can, though I don't know if tags accommodate nesting.
I would like if they were hierarchal.

>
> Another option is to support a free-form entry with date formatting
> characters to make your own directory structure.  For example, you might
> type in something like
> %Y%/%M%/%D%
> to achieve the current directory structure.
>
> Additionally, we're looking to add a feature where you can assign a name to
> your import.  This could also be added to the directory structure.

I'd like each import to persist by default, now we only have the last
import available.
To my thinking, an import is an "Event" ... something that "happened", whereas
the files taken on the same day are only that, not necessarily
something that "happened".

>
> If you're interested in this feature, let us know what you'd like to see and
> which aspects are most important to you.
>
>  - Eric
> _______________________________________________
> Shotwell mailing list
> Shotwell at lists.yorba.org
> http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
>