[Digikam-users] rename tags

[Gilles Caulier]

2008/4/25 Arnd Baecker <arnd.baecker at web.de>:
> Hi Michael,
>
>  thanks for the report.
>
>
>  On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Michael Stoehrel wrote:
>
>  > Hi
>  >
>  > I store my tags in IPTC, if I rename a tag in digikam, it will only
>  > renamed in the db not on the pictures.
>  > This is not a big issue if it is a single tag or on the lowest tag level,
>  > Workaround as follows:
>  > -add the new tag
>  > -select all pictures with the tag to be renamed
>  > -add th new to the pictures
>  > -remove the old from the pcitures
>  > -delete it.
>  >
>  > but try to rename a tag on a higher level
>  > eg.
>  > tagtorename/tag1
>  > tagtorename/tag2
>  > ...
>  >
>  > So:
>  > My wish is, renameing a tag should rename also the tag on the pictures.
>  > This solves the issue to move a tag in the structure, too.
>
>  This sounds related, if not the same as
>  - Bug 152199: Deleting tags can leave orphaned IPTC keywords inside files
>   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152199
>  - Bug 158713: deleted tag is not removed from IPTC keyword data
>   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158713
>  - Bug 159158: Tags moved in tree are duplicated in the IPTC metadata
>   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159158
>  Michael, could you check and (if necessary) add any comments there
>  (or file a new bug report)?
>
>  Gilles, the first two sound like a duplicate?
>  Morever, this should have higher priority IMO, because
>  this can lead to information loss/inconsistent data!


Yes, 152199 and 158713 are duplicates.

It sound like a bug in MetadataHub class.

Gilles