[Digikam-users] How to use versioning?

[Andreas Mair]

Hello,

2012/6/16 Daniel Bauer <linux at daniel-bauer.com>:
> Am 16.06.2012 00:07, schrieb Andrew Goodbody:
>
>> I have not tried versioning or grouping myself yet but I have found out
>> from this list that 'Save as new version' is badly labelled and does not
>> do what you seem to think it does. If you have versioning enabled then
>> just choose 'Save'. This will update the image with a new entry in the
>> image history. When versioning is enabled it is not possible to make a
>> change without it being recorded in the image history. 'Save as new
>> version' creates a new instance of the image that has its own change
>> history which is separate from the original.
>>
>> I really do think that 'Save as new version' is a confusing label and it
>> is not intuitive as to its purpose until it is explained, although I
>> have trouble thinking up a better one. Perhaps 'Save as separate
>> instance'.
>>
>> Andrew
>
>
> I was one of these who were confused... and understood it only after
> explanations here.

What explanations do you refer to exactly?
I still see no change in the results, no matter if I use "Save" or
"Save as new version".

> However I must confess that the included help texts are very clear and say
> it all, one just has to look at it :-)

What included help texts do you mean? The tooltips of the two save
buttons? Well, at least the German translation makes me think "Save as
new version" is the right one.
I've also opened the digiKam and showFoto English handbooks, but they
are dated back to 2009/2010 so they tell you nothing about versioning.

> I guess, using an "uncommon phrase" could maybe lead more people to search
> the help. "Save as new version" is  (for me) something common and I
> understand it just as "save as". If it does not do what I expected I think
> its an error of the program and not of my misunderstanding...
>
> My proposal therefore would be something like *"start new versioning tree"*
> or the like.
>
> A phrase that is not used in other known contexts for other purposes and
> therefore would make the user curious: what is this? He'd investigate using
> the very complete help functions or just try it out and think about what's
> happening...

If both save buttons have a different function (which they do not have
for me yet) and "Save as new version" starts a complete new image tree
with no reference to the original image, then it should really get a
new name, at least from what I can read from your descriptions.

But *please* can we get back to my problem?
What can be wrong here?

Best regards,
Andreas

BTW: I really want to rant. I like digiKam very much and I've never
seen anything that fits my needs better. I have some difficulties with
the new 2.x features like versioning, but that may be due to my lack
of experience with them.
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