[Digikam-devel] [Bug 173632] Digikam doesn't handles iptc caption when exif comment is empty

[Stibbons]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173632





--- Comment #12 from Stibbons <gaetan xeberon net>  2009-01-07 13:58:24 ---
Hello,

I'm unable to compile digikam 0.10 on my ubuntu, so I can't test it.

As Marcel suggest, this bug can impact different point in the software. I just
would like to point out the fact that the software should be as easy to use as
possible, so if something is not done automatically, it should be possible to
be forced by a menu/button.

I would strongly support the ability to the software to be updated
automatically when a file metadata have been modified, if not, manually. If the
"Right sidebar" allow to do it manually, it's ok as lot as it is on all files
in the database. Doing it for each file is not a good solution, since one
cannot know which file he has updated or not. 

And imagine I find a find a marveillous software that will tag automatically
all face in my pictures or all bridges or is able to recognise which file is
done by night or in Paris, etc, and add metadata tag and/or caption. Or,
simply, it I use another software to enter the caption because I do think it's
easier with this software than with digikam?
How in this case can I rebuild the entire digikam collection?

Picasa use a good mecanism to be warned by the system as soon as one of the
file in its collection have been modified (could be done by gvfs or something).
And, when it starts, it scans quickly and transparently to check whether one of
these files have been modified, and if there is any change in the picture
itseft or in the metadata, it updates its own database.
This have a strong impact like "This is a clever software that accept and
integrate smoothly the changes I've made manually".

I would strongly recommend doing this as well, I can understand this could be
tricky to develop, and I'm not saying picasa is a better software that should
be copied on all points, but when there a better solution, and to my opinion
this transparent file update is better, this should be copied/adapted without
problem.


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