[Digikam-devel] excluding files from database?

[Arnd Baecker]

Hi,

Marcel/Gilles: should I file a B.K.O entry on this before it completely
falls through the cracks?

Best, Arn

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Arnd Baecker wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
>
> > > I agree with this logic. Why include all file from HDD is we manage only
> > > file types registered into Mime Types setup.
> > >
> > > Why add a new settings to exclude file types ??? If the database only
> > > manage the file registered in mime types setup, it's can be enough...
>
>
> Gilles, you are of course absolutely right - a new settings
> is not necessary at all!
>
> > > Marcel, what do you think about ? This way ca be done in your new DB
> > > consolidation implementation for next 0.10 release ?
> > >
> >
> > Yes sure it can be done. I will try to find an elegant solution...
>
> Just wondering: couldn't one just completely ignore files
> whose (lower-case) extension is not included in any of
> the listed Mime Types?
> This would be possible already now and imply no change
> in the database.
>
> Only for files which are already in the database
> (and not listed in the Mime Types) it would mean that
> they just stay in the database
> (which would be no real problem, I think ...)
>
> Maybe one could write a simple clean-up script
> to remove them from the data-base
> (if the above makes sense I could give this a try;
> it shouldn't be really difficult ...)
>
> Best, Arnd
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