[Bug 271672] New: Changes to versioning implementation for better workflow

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271672

           Summary: Changes to versioning implementation for better
                    workflow
           Product: digikam
           Version: 2.0.0
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Versioning
        AssignedTo: [hidden email]
        ReportedBy: [hidden email]


Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.6.2)
OS:                Linux

I think the versioning is a big step forward for Digikam. However, the current
implementation IMHO still lacks concerning usablity.

Naming: If I give a picture a name, I intend the name to stick. However, as
soon as I edit a pic, the current version is given an appendix "_v1" or so. It
would be much better if the most current version keeps its original name and
the older versions get an appendix.

Storage of older versions: Currently, older versions are hidden only in
Digikam. If I use other programs to browse my pics (e.g. a media server to
display them on TV), here I'm always confronted with all the older versions.
There should be an option for an user-definable place to put the old versions.

Reproducible: Always

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--- Comment #1 from Marcel Wiesweg <marcel wiesweg gmx de>  2011-07-11 17:03:41 ---

> Naming: If I give a picture a name, I intend the name to stick. However, as
> soon as I edit a pic, the current version is given an appendix "_v1" or so.
> It would be much better if the most current version keeps its original
> name and the older versions get an appendix.
>
> Storage of older versions: Currently, older versions are hidden only in
> Digikam. If I use other programs to browse my pics (e.g. a media server to
> display them on TV), here I'm always confronted with all the older
> versions. There should be an option for an user-definable place to put the
> old versions.

Naming and storage directory are part of the same problem (and solution)

The code is prepared to have different naming schemes. I did not think of
renaming and moving the original, but inspecting the code it seems there is no
obstacle.

Initially, I had plans to allow scripts providing a custom naming scheme. It
appeared that the relevant parts were a bit more complex than expected, so I
prefer to have a closed set of options, possibly with some configuration.

There is a long discussion in some bug reports about naming schemes, without
any conclusive suggestions.

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--- Comment #2 from Larx <bugzilla go4more de>  2011-07-11 17:42:05 ---
For a Digikam-user, usually it is quite easy to collaborate with other photo-
and filemanagement-software. That's one of Digikam's (many) advantages, it does
not take the pictures hostage, but all kinds of other programs can be used to
access your photos.

The current versioning implementation breaks this feature. E.g. for me it's
quite annoying because, using a UPNP-server to stream photos to the home TV for
watching them, gets you flooded with dozens of old versions of all the pics you
were not really aware of. The file manager does no longer represent the stuff
Digikam displays. And so on.

For me, anything would be better than the current implementation, so I simply
turned this basically useful feature off: Could you please point me to the
relevant discussions? Because using a hidden subfolder or giving older photo
version an unique name making it easy to filter them out seems like a simple
solution to me.

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--- Comment #3 from Marcel Wiesweg <marcel wiesweg gmx de>  2011-07-11 18:07:53 ---
One is 103350, but there were other threads of discussion which I dont find
atm.
You dont need to read all of it; various layouts were suggested, including
putting originals and intermediate results in a subfolder or not, patterns of
filename changes

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--- Comment #4 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Larx,

This file still valid using last digiKam 4.10.0 ?

Gilles Caulier

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--- Comment #5 from Larx <[hidden email]> ---
As the way Digikam handles the versioning file names seems not to have changed
at all, the bug is still valid - I simply do not use versioning to avoid
cluttering my photo drawers with tons of *_v?.jpg files. Or am I missing a new
preferences setting ??

However, I am still at 4.9, as openSUSE repos do not yet contain 4.10.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Version|2.0.0                       |4.9.0

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Changes to versioning       |Change versioning files
                   |implementation for better   |naming for better workflow
                   |workflow                    |

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