Tags and labels are not synchronised between photo versions

[Simon Metcalfe]

Hi All,

In Digikam I use tags to create 'Albums' of related photos from a number 
of folders, much like how Albums used to work in Picasa.

It's normal that I might go back and re edit an image slightly, and in 
the case of Digikam this usually means deleting the '_v1' file and 
editing again.  I've realised however that tags and labels are not 
synchronised between each version of an image, which causes some problems.

E.g. if you tag or star an image then create a version of it, the 
tag/star will carry over to the new version.  But if you remove the star 
or add another tag after an edit is made, only the latest version will 
be updated with the these changes.

Therefore if you delete a version (e.g. because you want to make it 
better) this reverts your tags and labels to how they were in the 
previous version, and thus the image tags, star rating etc. may change 
without you knowing.

Maybe I'm used to Picasa where edits are handled independently of tags 
and labels, but it makes sense to me that if I tag a photo, and it 
always stay tagged regardless of what edits are made.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Simon