[Digikam-users] How to use versioning?

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> digiKam settings: Metadata / Behavior / Reading and Writing Metadata
> If I enable "Write to sidecar files" and set this option to anything
> but "Write to XMP sidecar for read-only image only" versioning
> *doesn't* work (even if image is read-only).
> I mean:
> - on that page I've only enabled "Read from sidecar files" and nothing
> else => versioning works (history OK)
> - now enable "Wright to sidecar files" and set it to "Write to XMP
> sidecar for read-only image only" => versioning still works
> - now set "Wright to sidecar files" to "Write to sidecar only" or
> "Write to image and XMP Sidecar" => versionimng *not* works

Versioning involves information stored in image metadata, which may explain 
that a bug in metadata writing can affect versioning.

Are you sure that you run libkexiv2 newer than April? I strongly recommend not 
to use sidecars with any older version.