[KimDaBa] Rescan for images proposal

[Robert L Krawitz]

   Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:34:25 +0200
   From: Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu at pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>
   Cc: kimdaba at kdab.net

   Marco Colnaghi wrote:
   > Hi everybody,
   > I hope this was not discussed before (I started following kimdaba list only  2 months ago)
   > I make "Rescan for new Images" less than i can because it takes a long time,
   > but I think it could be improved adding a similar function: "Rescan for Images from dir"
   > 
   > This function could do exacly the same rescan but simply starting from a choosen dir (a dir select dialog is needed) 
   > so to avoid wasting time for scanning unchanged dirs.
   > 
   > A simple example (common for me) can explain it very well.
   > 
   > I use a folder tree for images:
   > 
   > 2001/
   >     /010515_SeaTrip
   > 2002/
   >     /020712_SeaTrip2002
   >     /020712_Mountain
   > 2005/
   >     /050811_Holidays
   >     /050902_Friends 
   >     /051001_NewDir
   > 
   > When I add the new subdir 051001_NewDir in 2005 dir I should not need to rescan all the tree,
   > I would like to rescan 2005 subtree only.
   > 
   > Thanks for you opinions, 
   > bye, Marco.

   Your feature adds complexity.  IMHO, I think it's not necessary, since 
   you execute rarely kimdaba with new images.  The most frequently you 
   execute it without new images.

That depends upon individual usage patterns.  If you're an active
photographer, you might be adding images multiple times per day.

This feature could also be useful as a way of adding new directories
to the collection (currently kimdaba can only handle images in a
single directory tree).