[Shotwell] Feature request & small bug: detecting and using _embedded & _shotwell files from previous libraries.

[Scott]

Hi there,
Just recently my database fried, and i needed to re-import my 44k+ file 
library again.  In doing so i realised that i have a whole stack of 
files in the 'no event' folder that are shotwells/cameras developed 
images or the modified jpegs from the previous library. Would it be 
possible for shotwell to group these on import with the raw files that 
they represent, just like the jpeg+RAW pairs that it currently does.

Also, a small bug because of this behaviour is that when you re-open the 
file it creates a duplicate, and in some cases a triplicate (ie 
DSC_0031_NEF_embedded_1.jpg, because the original is there).  In this 
case on mine, because i have shotwell set as the default developer (due 
to the RAW orientation issues), when i change back to Camera, it leaves 
the _shotwell in place, and still creates the _embedded_1 making 
triplicates in the folder.

This is very, very annoying as it makes my library about 2/3 larger than 
it needs to be.

so i guess my main question is, could shotwell be able to watch for the 
correctly named files in the folders in which the raws are in and then 
use them like they would normally?  Otherwise, changing libraries would 
be very annoying.

This may also have the side-effect of fixing some of the problems with 
sharing libraries between computers also, as what is changed on one, 
will carry to the other and what is processed on one will carry to the 
other...  And the other side-effect is when the RAW bugs are finally 
fixed, shotwell will be backwards compatible with older library styles.

Thanks,
Scott.