[Digikam-devel] [Bug 277247] New: Critical loss of data - Loss of Tags for pictures since Jan 2011

[Thomas]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277247

           Summary: Critical loss of data - Loss of Tags for pictures
                    since Jan 2011
           Product: digikam
           Version: 1.4.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Tags
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: thomas_baselius at yahoo.com


Version:           1.4.0 (using KDE 4.5.5) 
OS:                Linux

In early June 2011 I noticed that most pictures taken in 2011 have lost the
tags that I had set including i) old tag categories and ii) newly created tag
categories. Also, some newly created tag categories have disappeared, i.e. are
no longer available in the tag hierarchy.

The concerned picture set was worked on over many sessions during several
months. In other words, a single crash with loss of unsaved data does not
explain the issue I am reporting.

I have appx 20k images in my archive, of which appx 2k are taken in 2011. I
have an extensive tag hierarchy including responses to "who", "what" and
"where". I use digikam successfully since 2006, and have never before
encountered this sort of meta data loss. 

Please advise on what elements would be of help; logs? sqlite db? 

Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:
(re)Created some tags that were lost. (re) Tagged some of the pictures that
lost their tags, with both old and new tags. 

Actual Results:  
Closing DK, and restarting DK does not show any anomalies. The tagged pictures
still have their tags, old and new.

Expected Results:  
Digikam should not lose (meta)data.

Hard to reproduce, for sure, but (meta) data loss is critical as countless
hours of work tagging and categorizing my pictures has simply vanished. I will
restore a backup, but my confidence in the otherwise excellent and trustworthy
sw digikam has suffered.

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