[Digikam-devel] [Bug 256784] New: Handling of picture metadata in case of read-only files

[Larx]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256784

           Summary: Handling of picture metadata in case of read-only
                    files
           Product: digikam
           Version: 1.5.0
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: bugzilla at go4more.de


Version:           1.5.0 (using KDE 4.5.3) 
OS:                Linux

If you have read-only files on your harddisk (e.g. because they have been
copied from a CD ROM), Digikam obviously can't write to this files.
If you are editing these kind of pics, you will notice that, because digikam
issues aa warning. 
But if you are editing only the metadata of the files (geotagging, adjusting
timestamps, EXIF rotate etc.), these data will only be written to Digikam's
database and not to the original files without any notice to the user. This
leads to inconsistencies between the EXIF metadata and Digikam's database,
which is especially annoying when also using other programmes or platforms with
your photos.
IMHO Digikam should also issue a warning if you change only the metadata of a
read-only picture to inform the user that his/her adjustments will not be saved
in the picture.

Reproducible: Always

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