GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 324702
f-spot systematically imports photos into ~/Photos even if I tell it no to do so
Last modified: 2006-03-13 21:31:44 UTC
Please describe the problem: Ctrl+N opens the import dialog. Then, I want to import large amounts of photos located on a network share (samba). This samba share is mounted into a directory in my home directory. So when I want to import let's say, well, ~/Mounts/Photos/Sth, it copies all the contents of this folder into ~/Photos. It's pretty annoying since I realized after having classified ~3Go of photos that everything was copied to my HD (which I didn't want). I deleted the Photos copied into ~/Photos but now I cannot access them anymore from F-Spot. Only the thumbnails are shown (which is logical of course). Steps to reproduce: 1. Open the import dialog. 2. Uncheck "copy the photos to the Photos folder" 3. Import photos located on a samba share. Actual results: Photos imported AND copied to ~/Photos Expected results: Photos imported AND NOT copied to ~/Photos Does this happen every time? Yes Other information: Both computers run up-to-date Gentoo Linux.
Well, sorry, but it also happens with files located on my hard drive. It didn't happen with 1.0.3.
I found the problem : the files are copied just after I have clicked "open" to open the folder containing photos. If then I delete the ~/Photos folder, then I uncheck the "Copy file to Photos folder", then I click import, it's ok. Using latest CVS version, it seems that I can delete ~/Photos after having imported, which means latest CVS registers the correct paths depending on whether I have check "copy file to..." or not, whereas 0.1.5 does not. Hope this helps.
quick workaround I found : uncheck "copy files to..." BEFORE you select the folder. Otherwise, the behaviour is the one I have described :)
Same problem here, also here gentoo :) and f-spot 0.1.5. Also here if I no select "copy the photos to the Photos folder" f-spot copy the imported photos into ~/Photos. I don't know if copy to ~/Photos will should be the default because usually the photos are already into the HD and in this way there is a duplication of required HD capacity. Do not copy to ~/Photos limits in some way f-spot?
Your warkaround seems to work only the first time, after the issue return :( I've tryed dragging the photos holding [SHIFT] and seems to work
See additional comments regarding this on Bug #318519 and in #326228 Similar issues...
+1. please fix this, very annoying. Like the original reporter, my pictures are stored on another machine and mounted across the network. I don't need a bunch of extra copies on this machine, thanks.
I found the same thing yesterday (I wondered why my home directory was filling up). In 0.1.10, the problem is definately if you click on the "Don't copy" checkbox _after_ you select the folder to import from. I imported about 4.5k photos yesteday and the only ones that got copied where the directory I forgot to click the button first on.
ok the photos should be properly removed now if you uncheck the copy option, no matter when you do it.
Created attachment 61206 [details] [review] Fixes a couple of small problems - more details in comments This patch fixes the main part of this bug where photos are still copied even when the copy check box is unchecked. The other minor change this patch addresses is cosmetic. If a photo fails to import the progress bar wouldn't be incremented for that photo meaning that even when importing had finished the progress bar wasn't at 100%. This looked a little bit ugly and could be confusing to some users. It will now always go to 100%.
thanks for the patch, it is committed now.