[Kde-imaging] [Bug 143978] New: Sync Plugin: New Syncronisation Framework KIPI Plugin

[Colin Guthrie]

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           Summary: Sync Plugin: New Syncronisation Framework KIPI Plugin
           Product: kipiplugins
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-imaging kde org
        ReportedBy: kde colin guthr ie


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

This is a tracking bug for the new Sync Plugin

This plugin will provide a general interface for Synchronising the images in Kipi Host applications to other systems

It will implement a generic framework for defining "Sinks" (where the Kipi Host application is the "Source"). It is a design goal that new Sinks are relatively easy to implement.

Some additional features are required in the Kipi API to make this work and some additional features are needed in Kipi Host applications (reflected in the API changes) e.g. the ability to store key/value preferences for kipi plugins against collections and individual images/items. 

It is planned that this plugin will eventually include Sinks to deprecate the following existing plugins:
 * galleryexport
 * flickrexport
 * ipodexport

It is also intended to implement Sinks for the following services:
 * picassaweb
 * Generic KIO
 * Wikipedia Commons Interface
 * ???

It is intended that Sinks in some capacity will mimic a subset of the KIPI API. This design principle could eventually mean that a bridging application will allow use of some Kipi Plugins directly on images stored in a Sink target - e.g. it should be possible to run a slideshow on your Flickr images.