digikam default options

[Gilles Caulier]

The option tooltip from Setup Metadata panel is enough clear...

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Gilles Caulier

2017-01-14 22:57 GMT+01:00 Jim Gomi <gomi at mailup.net>:

> On Sat, 2017-01-14 at 19:36 +0100, Simon Frei wrote:
> > In the section "Reading and Writing Metadata", where the option
> > "Update file timestamp when files are modified" is located, you
> > configure how this information should be written to the file. These
> > are different things entirely.
>
> I suggest this should be worded more unambiguously in the Configure ->
> Metadata menu. After all, "metadata" does usually refer to EXIF etc
> stored inside the file.
>
> E.g., instead of "Update file timestamp when files are modified" it
> could say "Update operating system's timestamp of a file when the file
> is modified"
>
>
>
> >
> > On 14/01/17 19:08, Chris Green wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 06:15:33PM +0100, jdd wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Le 14/01/2017 à 16:51, Chris Green a écrit :
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 07:14:54AM -0700, Andrey Goreev wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    Wanted to add to my message below.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    I think adding any info to metadata should not be
> > > > > > considered as "file
> > > > > >    modifying". Why would you add any metadata? To get your
> > > > > > pictures
> > > > > >    organized, right? So why would mess with timestamps then?
> > > > > > Original
> > > > > >    timestamps should be preserved.
> > > > > >
> > > > > The *files* timestamp (there are three actually) is operating
> > > > > system
> > > > > information and is an indicator to the operating system and is
> > > > > used by
> > > > > other programs and the OS to manage the file.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I modify a file by changing the metadata I *do* want to
> > > > > change the
> > > > > timestamp because this tells the operatiny system (and other
> > > > > software)
> > > > > that the file has been modified and should, for example, be
> > > > > backed up.
> > > > > Quite a lot of backup programs in particular rely on the file
> > > > > timestamps to decide whether a file should be backed up.
> > > > >
> > > > > The times in the metadata are for use by such as Digikam.
> > > > >
> > > > two things:
> > > >
> > > > * digikam have to be more clear about what date is modified
> > > > amoung all the
> > > > versions possible
> > > >
> > > Yes, a very good point.  For me I want Digikam to store
> > > *everything*
> > > in the file and not rely on any external information whether
> > > operating
> > > system or a separate database.  If I copy an image I want *all* its
> > > information to go with it.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > * this may be quite hard, because *system* dates vary with file
> > > > system.
> > > > Being linux or other, what are the dates kept on a FAT32 SD card?
> > > >
> > > Exactly, all the more reason not to rely on or use system dates as
> > > having any meaning for the image.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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