[Digikam-devel] What do we want to store in the database?

[Julien Narboux]

> ((To me this example just highlights that it would be nice
> to allow for easy additions of new fields in the
> database in the future, i.e. withouth the need to wait for
> a 0.9 to 0.10 transition ...))
>   
I think you are raising the right question. I am not a specialist of 
databases.
Currently, It seems to me that changing the database format is something 
the developpers do not want to do too often and they rather want to wait 
for major releases.
That is why I proposed some field which may be useful only in a far 
future. I understand as Gilles said that some fields are currently hard 
to extract because in Makernote. But maybe one day these fields will be 
in new version of the exif standard...
Should these fields already be on the database right now even if they 
are not filled  by Digikam and the corresponding features are not yet 
implemented ?
Would it be easier to add some fields during minor release (10.1 -> 
10.2) by adding  tables (picture_id, new_field) ?

My naive questions,

Julien