[digikam] [Bug 278935] Please make XMP Sidecar filename configurable

[Tomasz]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278935

--- Comment #6 from Tomasz <tomaszg at alpha.uwb.edu.pl> ---
I can comment about Geeqie only. Even before this issue was resolved Geeqie
grouped files with the same basenames together (e.g. img.cr2 and img.jpg). By
default it included img.xmp in the same group and used it to read/write tags
for other image files in this group.

Now, the recent patch makes Geeqie add img.cr2.xmp to the group if img.cr2 is a
member. It also offers an option to write metadata to img.cr2.xmp files rather
than img.xmp files. The issue was discussed here:
https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues/147

I agree that it can have unintended consequences if two unrelated files share
basename. That's why I believe that using img.xmp naming scheme should be
optional. Moreover, since the longer naming scheme makes more sense, I don't
think there is a need to make Digikam able to write those files. However if
they do exist, they could be read (or even migrated, but that might create a
mess).

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